Five male students from Kyoto University were infected with the new corona

Kyoto University announced on the 24th that five male students belonging to the same group on campus were infected with the new coronavirus. I had just acknowledged club activities and club activities, but I decided to cancel them all again.

Kyoto University held a press conference on the 24th and announced that a group infection had occurred in addition to the male student confirmed to be infected on the 20th of this month, and four new members belonging to the same group within the university were confirmed.

At Kyoto University, some extracurricular activities such as club activities and clubs were resumed from 10th of this month, and 5 people participated in the activities on 11th and 12th of this month.

It was also found that the organization to which the five belonged had multiple meetings with food and drink, which is not permitted in the university infection prevention manual.

For this reason, the university decided to suspend all extracurricular activities such as club activities and clubs in order to prevent infection.

At the press conference, Vice President Shinsuke Kawazoe said, “I wanted to do extracurricular activities as much as possible, but I am sorry that I was forced to restrict again. Students should understand the seriousness of the infection risk and act accordingly. I want you to do it."