China News Service, April 2. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), in order to prevent the spread of the new crown virus, the Japanese House of Representatives started from April 2 and required all members entering the venue to wear masks. Hand disinfection is also required at each entrance.

The Japanese House of Representatives requires members to wear masks and disinfect their hands before entering the venue. Image credit: Screenshot from NHK Social Media

According to reports, the House of Representatives decided on April 1 that in addition to ventilation in the venue, all members of the parliament who entered the venue would be required to wear masks and disinfect their hands at the entrance of the venue.

It is reported that in the afternoon of April 2nd local time, this regulation came into effect. Before the meeting, disinfectants were placed at the entrance of the conference hall. After the parliamentarians arrived, they carefully disinfected the hands at the request of the guards. In addition, some members hurriedly took out their hoods from their pockets at the entrance and put them on after entering the venue.

According to reports, the consistent policy of the parties in Japan and the opposition is that the parliament will continue to meet and will conduct normal parliamentary deliberations while implementing epidemic prevention measures.

As of 3:00 p.m. local time on April 2nd, there were 2,526 confirmed cases of Japanese new crown pneumonia and 71 deaths.