It was found that the number of children and students nationwide who were infected with the new coronavirus in July increased fivefold from the previous month to about 270,000, the highest number ever.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology publishes a monthly summary of the infection status of children attending kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools, high schools, and special needs schools.
According to this, the number of children confirmed to be infected in July, when the seventh wave spread, increased fivefold from the previous month to 269,468, surpassing the 251,469 in February this year. was the highest ever.
Looking at the breakdown for July,
▼ Elementary school students accounted for more than half of the total, with 147,698 people,
▼ Junior high school students had 65,159 people, and
▼ High school students had 48,605 people.
When the infection route was analyzed by type of school,
▼ "Unknown" was the most common, accounting for 64% of elementary and junior high schools and 59% of high schools.
▼ The next most common was “infection at home”, accounting for 30% of kindergartens and special needs schools and 20% of elementary, junior high and high schools.
▼ “School infections” accounted for 17% of high schools, and the majority of infections occurred during club activities.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology revised the guidelines for new corona countermeasures on the 19th of last week, and with regard to the criteria for class closure, which states that ``when multiple infected people appear in a class,'' cases of infection in each home I added that there is no need to close the class if it is not related to the route of infection, etc., and notified the board of education.
Regarding future infection control measures, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said, ``While the severe infection situation continues, we will have thorough infection control measures for the end of the summer vacation. I would like you to take appropriate action."