Regarding the wearing of masks at the graduation ceremony, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Nagaoka said that the government has not decided on a policy at this time, and indicated that it would proceed with concrete consideration toward easing.
At the House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting held on the morning of the 2nd, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Nagaoka said about wearing masks at school graduation ceremonies, ``Under the current guidelines, children who say, ``I don't want to attend without a mask,'' should wear a mask. , I think that children who have decided at home to remove their masks will participate without removing them."
Regarding this, Minister Nagaoka told reporters after the committee meeting, ``The government's new corona countermeasures headquarters has decided to review the handling of masks at an early date, and to show the results, including the timing. There is no fact that we have decided to handle masks for graduation ceremonies."
After that, he said, "Based on the consideration of the government as a whole, we would like to quickly decide what to do about wearing masks at schools, including graduation ceremonies." I indicated my intention to proceed with the study.