Waiting at home for children in the transportation industry Minister of Foreign Affairs "extremely inappropriate" Ehime April 14 11:52
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At the elementary school in Ehime prefecture, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said that the school side was waiting for the home of a child of a household with a truck driver who was visiting the area where the infection of the new coronavirus spreads for work. At the interview, he said, "I would like to ask educational institutions to make sure that they are aware of such cases so that similar cases will not occur in the future due to extremely inappropriate responses," and make a request to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. did.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, all municipal elementary and junior high schools conducted a questionnaire survey on whether or not they visited areas where the new coronavirus spread, and households with truck drivers who visited for work Despite the fact that their children are in good health, the school encouraged them to wait at home, and the children were absent from the entrance ceremony.
Regarding this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said at the press conference after the Cabinet meeting, "At the moment of hearing this case, I was surprised and resented. While the self-restraint of going out continues, maintaining important logistics that supports people's lives and economic activities. This is a very inappropriate response to the driver's household who is working hard. "
In addition, he said, "I would like to ask educational institutions to make sure that no similar cases will occur in the future," and clarified that they will make an application to MEXT.