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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
28th issue：August 19th, 2021
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（1）Promotion of proactive testing in the workplaces

The Subcommittee on Novel Coronavirus Disease Control on August 12, 2021 has issued the recommendation that "local governments should encourage the people at schools, workplaces, nurseries, etc. to take the antigen test and PCR test, if they don’t feel well. When a positive test result is confirmed, doctors and health administrators should encourage those who may have close contact with the person with a positive test result to take the test, even without the decision of the Public Health Center”.
In light of the recommendation, we would like to announce the promotion of proactive testing in the workplaces as attached.
We kindly share this with you because it could be utilized as a reference for your consideration about your response to the novel coronavirus disease.

・Attached file (Only in Japanese)  

（2）Countermeasures against COVID-19 at elementary schools and junior and senior high schools based on the Declaration of a state of emergency and the other measures

The Prime Minister of Japan has announced that the “Declaration of a state of emergency for COVID-19” will be declared for Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka Prefectures from August 20 until September 12, 2021, and the period of the Declaration of a state of emergency for Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka and Okinawa Prefectures will be extended until September 12, 2021.
In addition, Miyagi, Toyama, Yamanashi, Gifu, Mie, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kagoshima Prefectures will be newly designated as the areas where the Priority preventative measures should be taken during the period from August 20 until September 12, 2021, and the period of the Priority preventative measures for Hokkaido, Fukushima, Ishikawa, Aichi, Shiga, and Kumamoto Prefectures will be extended until September 12, 2021.
Furthermore, the Priority preventative measures for Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka Prefectures will end on August 19, 2021.
We would like to announce that the Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control have been revised, in accordance with the above.
The countermeasures against COVID-19 at schools in the revised Basic Policies are as attached.

・Attached file　(Only in Japanese)

（3）Others

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文部科学省大臣官房国際課
「外国人学校・インターナショナルスクール メールマガジン」担当
E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
Tel：03-5253-4111（Ex. 3222） E-mail：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp
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