Mayor Kizo Kumoto of Kobe City has asked the Mayor of Kobe City to extend the temporary closure of Kobe City schools until May 6th.

Request from the Mayor of Kobe to the Mayor of Kobe regarding temporary closure of municipal schools (excerpt)

On April 4th, a new teenage infected person was confirmed, and on April 5th, several infected persons whose links were unknown at this time occurred.
 The numbers of these infected people indicate the status of infection one to two weeks ago, and the number of people coming and going between Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture and Kobe City is high. It is necessary to carefully consider the possibility that the spread of such infections will spread to Kobe City.
 For this reason,  Request a temporary closure at municipal schools until May 6 .

Request from Kobe Mayor to Kobe City Mayor of Education regarding temporary closure of municipal schools (full text)

In Motoichi, we take temporary closure of municipal school on March 3 to prevent spread of new coronavirus infectious disease control and children cannot go to school for more than one month including spring holidays ing. April is an important milestone for children to enter and advance to school, so we have been preparing for the resumption of educational activities at schools.However, in the last week, the number of infected people has increased rapidly in Tokyo and Osaka prefectures, and among them, the number of those who have unknown infection links has become extremely large.As indicated in the response policy on April 3, Kobe City is expected to stay in the “confirmed area” in the recommendations of the national expert meeting, but on April 4, a new 10 Infected people in their teens were confirmed, and on April 5, there were several infected people whose links were unknown at this time.
 The numbers of these infected people indicate the status of infection one to two weeks ago, and the number of people coming and going between Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture and Kobe City is high. It is necessary to carefully consider the possibility that the spread of such infections will spread to Kobe.For this reason, we request that the school be closed temporarily at the municipal school until May 6.
 Also, during the leave of absence, we will take every possible measure to prevent infection, and actively promote decentralized school attendance to understand the living conditions of children and students, provide learning guidance, and create an environment where students can study at home. Ask to go to.
 In case of distributed school attendance during the leave period, when providing lunch to desired children and students, in addition to providing full municipal expenses, we will actively respond to other necessary budget measures as needed. I do.In addition to this request, we will announce today that we will decide on self-restraint and other actions necessary to prevent the spread of infection and call on the public.

(reference)

https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/documents/1/yousei.pdf

Information on the new coronavirus in Kobe

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https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/index.html

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