Coronavirus Instructed to decide whether to close childcare facilities and consider countermeasures.Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare February 26, 13:10
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will promptly decide temporary closure if a new type of coronavirus infection is detected in childcare facilities, and consider necessary measures such as visiting temporary custody for healthcare workers and other guardians who can not take time off work. And instructed municipalities across the country to do so.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has compiled a policy on how to respond to the new type of coronavirus in childcare facilities and notified local governments nationwide on the 25th.
If an infected child is attending a nursery school with symptoms such as fever or cough, it will be decided to immediately close some or all of the nursery schools temporarily.
On the other hand, if you go to the park without any symptoms, it may not be necessary to uniformly close the park, so we will judge carefully.
Also, in order to suppress the spread of the disease throughout the region, leave the decision to the local government that there is a concept that childcare centers with no infected people will be closed at the early stage of the epidemic, and in that case, even in events where local children gather, etc. It is necessary to consider measures.
In addition, when taking a leave of absence, consider ways to minimize the burden on parents as much as possible.Especially for parents who cannot take time off work, such as healthcare professionals, it is necessary to use temporary visiting custody, visit childcare by nursery teachers, use of babysitting, etc. We are asking you to consider the response.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will instruct future reductions of events where many people gather, such as graduation ceremonies.