Saitama Prefecture Request to refrain from going out on weekends until this month, 19th Aim for school reopening on 13th April 2nd 17:55
Saitama Prefecture held a meeting of the Headquarters for Countermeasures against the New Coronavirus on February 2, and decided to request a voluntary refrain from going out on weekends until 19th of this month and to resume prefectural schools on 13th of this month.
Among them, Governor Ono of Saitama Prefecture explained that the number of infected people is increasing in the form of following the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and that if the situation continues as it is, the number of infected people may suddenly increase around this month.
Based on this, the meeting decided to request the citizens of the prefecture to continue voluntarily going out on weekends until 19th of this month.
Regarding prefectural schools, we decided to delay the reopening of the prefectural schools by about a week, taking into account the status of the infection, and to proceed with preparations for resumption on 13th of this month.
On the other hand, for special needs schools that did not take school closures due to the burden of parents, measures to prevent infection will be taken, and the new semester will begin as scheduled.
After the meeting, Governor Ohno said, “The number of infected people is increasing in Tokyo, and now it's sloppy, causing inconvenience to the citizens of the prefecture, but I want them to understand. As before, weekday work is not subject to self-control, but more than a few people Please refrain from going to Tokyo for dinner or urgent business. "