Waterside safety by canceling swimming class Online learning new corona effect June 14 18:25
While the emergency declaration and Tokyo Alert have been lifted and people are returning to rivers and the sea, water accidents are occurring one after another. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, swimming classes were canceled at schools around the country and safety education was not sufficiently conducted, but a waterside safety class for parents and children was held online.
The safety class was opened by Yuko Yoshikawa, who has been involved in activities to prevent accidents in children after she lost her 5-year-old son in a river accident eight years ago.
14 pairs of parents and children participated in the online classroom, and Mr. Yoshikawa called "It is important to understand safety and prevention in order to play well on the waterside. Please learn firmly today". .
The instructor was a teacher from a school in Tokyo, who is also a member of the Japan Life Saving Association, and learned how to wear a life jacket correctly and how to deal with drowning while watching videos.
People are returning to recreational areas such as rivers and the sea, and water accidents are occurring one after another, but this is a concern that swimming lessons have been canceled at schools around the country and safety education is not sufficiently provided. It has been.
Mr. Takayuki Matsumoto, who served as a lecturer, said, "It will be summer when there are no classes for safety at school. Before playing in the sea, check the existence of a life saver and weather conditions in advance I want you to do that."
Mr. Yoshikawa, who opened the classroom, said, "We want to deepen our understanding of accident prevention together more than usual every year."
Corresponding at the sales facility of the pool
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, some pools around the world have closed their facilities this summer, while others are preparing for the opening.
Rainbow Pool, a national Showa Kinen Park that spans Tokyo's Tachikawa and Akishima cities, is the largest complex pool facility in the Tokyo metropolitan area with nine types of pools, and was used by 146,000 people last summer. However, this summer, we decided to stop the business due to the unavoidable condition of "3 dense" in the changing room and pool.
In addition, Yokohama City has decided to cancel the 28 outdoor municipal pools in the city, and Miyazaki City has decided to cancel all 18 outdoor pools managed by the city.
On the other hand, some facilities are preparing for the opening.
▽ "Spa Resort Hawaiians" in Fukushima Prefecture
will be open from the 1st of next month, and ▽ Jumbo seawater pool of "Nagashima Spa Land" in Mie Prefecture will be open from the 4th of next month. We want to make sure that you use it after thorough implementation.
“Yomiuri Land” in Inagi City, Tokyo, will resume operations only on attractions from 16th of this month, and we are preparing for the pool with the expectation that it will be opened from mid next month.
In addition, many facilities are considering whether to open a business.Toshimaen in Tokyo Nerima Ward, which is scheduled to close at the end of August, will restart attractions from this month, but it is still considering a pool. .
In addition, we are planning to open "Tokyo Summerland" in Akiruno City, but we are considering details such as the timing.