At an elementary school in Tachikawa, Tokyo, the school year was closed due to influenza.

It is the first time since March that public schools in Tokyo have taken measures such as closing the school year due to influenza.

According to the Tokyo Board of Education and the Tachikawa City Board of Education, 14 out of 45 third-year students were infected with influenza at Tachikawa 6th Elementary School, and the school year was closed for two days until the 22nd.



According to the city, it is the first time since March that public schools in the city have taken measures to close grades or classes due to influenza.

At a metropolitan monitoring conference on the 23rd, it was reported that Australia in the Southern Hemisphere, which is currently in the winter, has an influenza pandemic that exceeds the average for the past five years.

Mitsuo Kaku, a specially appointed professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, who chairs the "Expert Board" in Tokyo, said, "If you look at the example of Australia, there is a possibility that influenza will spread even in Japan. It is very important to make preparations so that we can respond to the situation. "