28 February 2020, Tokyo
Citing the threats caused by all spreading COVID-19, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered for the closure of all schools in the country for a month.
Japan government has decided to call for school closure owing to the health threat caused by corona-viruses that erupted in the last month of 2019.
Justifying his decision to call for school closure the Prime Minister of Japan has said that health safety of children was most important concern of the country.
At least 186 people in Japan have contracted the virus and four people have died.
Almost 700 people have also been diagnosed on board quarantined cruise ship.
(With inputs from Agencies)
