Telephone consultation center for foreigners established 14 languages available Tokyo New Corona Apr 17 18:11
Amid the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Tokyo has established a telephone consultation center that provides foreigners with information such as knowledge about viruses and life support in 14 languages, and support began on the 17th. .
In Tokyo, where the outbreak spreads, 590,000 people, or about one-fifth of the 2.93 million foreigners living in Japan, live. It's an issue as to whether it should be done.
In response to this situation, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government established a telephone consultation center for foreigners and started accepting it from the 17th.
Consultations are available in 14 languages including Tagalog and Myanmar, as well as English and Chinese, including simple Japanese.
The contents are wide-ranging, such as medical information such as preventive methods for new coronaviruses and inspection systems, administrative information such as requests for refraining from going out in Tokyo and the country, and explanations of living support systems.
Of these, the person in charge who speaks in Spanish said, "I was in trouble because the shop I worked was closed because I was working," since 10 am, "I went out without wearing a mask, I was worried about whether I was infected with the new coronavirus. "
“The information about the new coronavirus seems to be confusing, and it is difficult for even Japanese people to get the correct information. Japanese is multilingual for foreigners whose native language is not Japanese.” It is necessary to provide the correct information. "
The Tokyo Metropolitan Foreign Corona Life Counseling Center is open from Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and the telephone number is 0120-296-004.