Countermeasures against corona Water coming out without touching the elementary and junior high school Ishikawa Uchinada Town August 27, 22:00
Amid the continued spread of new coronavirus infection, Uchinada Town in Ishikawa Prefecture replaced the faucets in elementary and junior high schools in the town with equipment that automatically produces water without touching it directly.
Newly introduced in elementary and junior high schools in Uchinada Town are devices with a sensor that automatically emits water when you bring your hand, and the handle is long, so you can press the water with your elbows without holding it with your hand. It is a lever type faucet that can output.
Amid the spread of the new coronavirus, the town set up for about 2.6 million yen at 6 elementary and junior high schools in the town, excluding the school that had already been introduced, in order to have children safely use tap water ..
At Kiyoko Elementary School, where the new semester began on the 18th of this month, children on their breaks came to wash their hands one after another on the 27th to check the comfort.
A 3rd grade boy said, "I can rest assured that I don't have to touch the bacteria that may be in everyone's hands."
Keita Sakai, director of Uchinada Town School Education Department, said, "I want children to use their new equipment to wash their hands diligently."