Iwade City, Wakayama Prefecture, said that a cluster of new coronaviruses may occur at a sports competition in which elementary school students in the city participated, and the number of infected people may increase rapidly. I decided to close the school temporarily.
According to the Iwade City Board of Education, 14 people, including elementary school students who participated in the sports boys' group volleyball tournament held under the jurisdiction of the Iwade Health Center on the 9th and 10th of this month, were infected with the new coronavirus16. Confirmed by date and certified as a cluster.
Of these, five elementary school students attend four elementary schools in Iwade City, and the total number of children with close contacts is more than 80.
In response to this situation, the Iwade City Board of Education consulted with Wakayama Prefecture and decided to temporarily close all six elementary schools in the city from the 17th to the 24th of this month, saying that the number of infected people may increase rapidly. I decided.
According to the Board of Education, the total number of children targeted is 3,000.