Municipal elementary and junior high schools in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture, which had been temporarily closed due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, have resumed all at once from the 8th due to the decreasing trend of infected people.
In Miyakojima City, the infection spread rapidly, with more than 30 people newly infected with the new coronavirus announced on the 1st of last month.
For this reason, all municipal kindergartens and elementary and junior high schools were closed from the 28th of last month, but due to the declining number of infected people, they resumed all at once from the 8th.
At Hirara Junior High School, where about 490 students attend, the students went to school for the first time in 12 days and were delighted to see their friends again.
A first-year boy said, "I'm happy to be back in school and talk to my friends. I want to take classes sooner."
Principal Ken Ikejo said, "I am relieved to hear the cheerful voices of the students for the first time in a long time.
In addition, the general outpatient department of the Prefectural Miyako Hospital, which had been suspended since the 26th of last month due to the tight medical system due to the rapidly increasing number of infected people, resumed on the 8th for the first time in 2 weeks.