Even on a sunny day, go to school and go back to school Preventing new corona infection and preventing heat stroke June 18 12:07
At elementary and junior high schools in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, to prevent infection with the new coronavirus and to prevent heat stroke, children go to and from school with an umbrella even when it does not rain.
This started at 45 elementary and junior high schools in Kumagaya city this month, and at Ohata Elementary School, where more than 500 children attend, past 2:00 pm, children who have finished their classes shine bright sunlight. I went to school with a yellow or navy blue umbrella, keeping a distance of about 1m from each other.
According to the city's Board of Education, the national guidelines say that children can take off their masks if they keep a certain distance, and by protecting themselves from the sun it can be a measure against heat stroke. about it.
A 6th grade boy said, “I feel cool when I remove the mask. It will be hot in the future, so it is very good for preventing heat stroke.”
Nobu Kato, the principal of Ohata Elementary School, said, “Since it's getting hot, I thought about coexisting with measures against coronavirus and heatstroke. I would like to think about measures against coronavirus even in the coming severe heat.”