Although it has been two weeks in six days since the state of emergency was declared in Okinawa Prefecture, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus remains high.
From the 7th, the school will be temporarily closed at prefectural schools, etc., and the focus will be on whether or not the spread of infection among children can be suppressed in the future.
On the 6th, two weeks after the state of emergency was declared in Okinawa Prefecture, the prefecture announced that it was confirmed that 183 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
Although 88 fewer people than a week ago, it is the second highest number on Sunday, with infections under the age of teens accounting for about 20% of the total.
In order to stop the spread of infection among children, many schools in the prefecture have taken measures to temporarily close the school, and of these, four high schools in the northern part of the main island and remote islands where the spread of infection is not seen in prefectural schools. Except, the school will be closed from 7th to 20th.
Elementary and junior high schools will be closed from this week to 20th in 22 municipalities centered on the central and southern part of the main island. Of these, Itoman City, Kin Town, and Yaese Town will be closed from 7th.
In addition, Ishigaki City, which has issued its own state of emergency, has already taken measures to close the school from the 2nd to the 13th.
On the other hand, most other local governments in the northern part of the main island and remote islands usually go to school.
In the future, the focus will also be on whether or not the spread of infection among children can be suppressed.