Valuable playground Efforts to prevent crowding of parks New Coronavirus April 24, 12:04
As school closures continued, staff members patrolled the park and called for attention in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, to prevent crowding in the park, which is a valuable playground for children.
In Funabashi City, while schools and kindergartens are closed and closed, parks and playground equipment are being opened except for some pay parks to secure playgrounds for children.
On the other hand, since the declaration of emergency, about 50 cases have been pointed out that it is dangerous because people gather in the park.
For this reason, the city will newly work on measures to prevent crowding and closeness in the park, and the staff in charge will go around about 20 parks on the 23rd, and if people are gathering at a specific playground equipment? I checked.
Then, they called out to their parents and children who visited them, "Please be careful 3 closely," and put up a poster near the playground equipment that calls for thorough hand washing.
A father in his thirties said, "Being able to stay at home can be stressful for a child, so it's really helpful to be physically active in the park."
Ken Yoshikawa of the Funabashi City Park and Green Space Division said, “It is not good for the health of the children not to leave the house. The park is the“ last resort ”of the children's playground, and safe use is possible. I want to do it. "
Use of play equipment
Regarding the opening of parks and playground equipment, there are widespread responses from local governments to secure valuable playgrounds for children and to prevent infection risk by avoiding crowds and close contact.
When NHK confirmed the status of parks and playground equipment in Chiba Prefecture and Chiba City, Funabashi City, Kashiwa City, Matsudo City, the parks were banned from being used by groups, but they were still open. It was
On the other hand, the local government has divided the use of play equipment.
Chiba Prefecture prohibits the use of playground equipment in prefectural city parks until the 6th of next month. Among them, at "Prefectural Gyoda Park" in Funabashi City, tapes with "no entry" are spread on slides and seesaws. , Swing had taken measures such as removing the chain.
On the other hand, in Matsudo City, the playground equipment has been disinfected and then opened, and in Kashiwa City, although the playground equipment is still open, disinfectant solution is not available, and if it is determined that the risk of infection cannot be prevented. I also want to consider prohibiting the use.