It was found that the number of infected people per week increased 3.7 times in one month after the state of emergency was lifted in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures in the metropolitan area when the infection status of children and students was announced last month. I did.


The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will keep an eye on the effects of mutant viruses.

According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the number of infected children and students from June last year to the end of April, when schools reopened nationwide, was 19,962, 7070 for elementary school students, 4687 for junior high school students, and 7901 for high school students. There are 304 people and special needs schools.



The number of infected people per week was 262 in the week including March 21, when the state of emergency in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures was lifted, but after that, it continued to increase for 5 consecutive weeks, and 4 after 1 month. The number of people in the week including the 21st of March has increased 3.7 times to 970.



A person in charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said, "We do not know whether it is the effect of the mutant virus, but it is on the increase, so we would like to continue to pay close attention to the infection situation."

As for the tendency of infection route, "domestic infection" was the most common in all school types, such as 78% of elementary school students, 64% of junior high school students, and 34% of high school students, while 33% of high school students also had "unknown infection route". The trend continues.



In addition, half of the total are asymptomatic and no seriously ill cases have been reported.



The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology revised the countermeasure manual late last month, saying that the mutant virus may be more infectious to children than before, and it is necessary to work on infection countermeasures with a sense of crisis.