The government notified the local government of measures to be taken, such as suspension of attendance and temporary closure of schools.February 21, 16:03
The government compiled measures to stop attendance and temporarily close schools when children and students were infected with the new coronavirus, and notified the prefectures.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have prepared countermeasures at schools and nursery schools in preparation for the spread of the new coronavirus, and notified the prefectures and others on this month.
According to this, if a child, student, or student is confirmed to be infected at kindergarten, elementary and junior high schools, high schools, colleges, etc., the principal of the school will suspend attendance until he / she is cured.
In addition, when prefectural governments determine that it is necessary to prevent the spread of infection, they are asking each school to request temporary school closure, such as the entire school or some grades.
In the future, if the epidemic spreads further and there are multiple infected people in the same class, schools will be temporarily closed on a class-by-class or school-year basis, taking into account the impact on children and their learning at each school. I can decide.
On the other hand, there are no measures to suspend attendance at nursery schools, so parents with infected children can be asked to avoid attending school, and temporary closure can be requested if the prefecture determines that it is necessary. And
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has called for a break from school and refrain from going out when symptoms of colds, such as fever, are seen, regardless of the new coronavirus infection.