Received recommendations from the government expert meeting and carefully considered cancellation of school closure requests March 20 5:23
Following the conclusions of the expert meeting on the new coronavirus, the government is expected to consider self-restraint requests such as large-scale events for the time being. On the other hand, we will carefully consider whether to cancel the request for uniform school closures nationwide.
The government has decided to open a task force on the evening of the 20th, following the conclusion of the expert meeting on the evening of the 19th, to discuss future actions.
The recommendations point out that a nationwide increase in the number of patients with unknown sources of infection could lead to a pandemic with an explosive spread called overshoot.
As a result, the government continued to prevent spread,
で In a closed space with poor ventilation,
▽ People are crowded,
呼 び The policy is to call for avoiding places where three conditions of short distance conversations overlap.
Based on the recommendation for large-scale events, etc., it is expected that the request for self-restraint will be considered for the time being, based on the recommendation that the organizers will continue to judge risks and be cautious.
On the other hand, there is an opinion in the government that uniform school closures throughout Japan should be lifted in areas where there are no infected people, but since many schools have already entered the spring break, At this stage, we will carefully decide whether to release the request.