Japan calls for temporary closure of public schools over virus fears: Abe

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Japan calls for temporary closure of public schools over virus fears: Abe COVID19

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TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Thursday on schools to close nationwide from March 2 for several weeks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus."We request all primary, junior high and high schools... across the nation to close temporarily from March 2 next week until their spring break.""Efforts to prevent the spread of infections among children are being made in various areas," Abe added.

The city of Osaka also said it will close its kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools from Saturday for 2 weeks. Authorities have said the coming 2 to 3 weeks will be critical in determining whether they can stem the outbreak of the virus, which has infected nearly 200 people in the country and been linked to the deaths of 3.

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