Economic Rehabilitation Minister Requests Experts' Meeting on School Reopening from New Semester April 1 16:00
A government expert meeting was held to discuss measures against the new coronavirus, and the Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura requested that the government provide an opinion on school resumption from the new semester, taking into account domestic infection status and future prospects. did.
The Government Experts' Meeting was held on the afternoon of the afternoon of Prime Minister Abe, who had expressed his willingness to listen to his opinion once again over school reopening from the new semester.
At the outset, Minister for Economic Revitalization Nishimura, Deputy Director of the Government's Response Headquarters, said, "The brink situation continues, even when infections can spread rapidly. I would like to hear your opinions from a professional standpoint on how it should be. "
In addition, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato stated, “The proposal of the Experts' Meeting on March 19 indicated that the region would be divided into three areas according to the infection status. I want you to show them specifically. "
At the meeting, it seems that opinions were being exchanged on the situation in Tokyo, where infection is rapidly expanding, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology decided to use the results of the meeting to make it easier for local governments to decide what to do after the new semester. We are reviewing the guidelines to make them more concrete.