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Japan Shocks Parents by Moving to Close All Schools (for a month) Over Coronavirus
Japan Shocks Parents by Moving to Close All Schools Over Coronavirus
TOKYO — After weeks of criticism that Japan was bungling its reaction to the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took the drastic step on Thursday of asking all the country’s schools to close for about a month.
With the number of cases steadily rising and Japan suddenly confronting talk that the Tokyo Olympics may have to be canceled, Mr. Abe is eager to show that he is moving aggressively to control the virus.
The move to shut schools, which would make Japan one of a few countries, including China, to suspend classes nationwide, appeared to be an abrupt reversal of the more cautious stance the administration had taken on the virus.
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As he announced the school closings on Thursday, Mr. Abe said he was “putting a priority on children’s health and safety” and trying to pre-empt the risk of widespread outbreaks that could result “from gatherings of many children and teachers for a long time on a daily basis.”
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/japan-schools-coronavirus.html
TOKYO — After weeks of criticism that Japan was bungling its reaction to the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took the drastic step on Thursday of asking all the country’s schools to close for about a month.
With the number of cases steadily rising and Japan suddenly confronting talk that the Tokyo Olympics may have to be canceled, Mr. Abe is eager to show that he is moving aggressively to control the virus.
The move to shut schools, which would make Japan one of a few countries, including China, to suspend classes nationwide, appeared to be an abrupt reversal of the more cautious stance the administration had taken on the virus.
... snip
As he announced the school closings on Thursday, Mr. Abe said he was “putting a priority on children’s health and safety” and trying to pre-empt the risk of widespread outbreaks that could result “from gatherings of many children and teachers for a long time on a daily basis.”
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/japan-schools-coronavirus.html
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