The Japanese government has instructed all ministries and government agencies to transfer the maximum number of employees to work from home, said cabinet secretary general Yoshihide Suga. So the authorities plan to avoid the spread of infection with the new coronavirus when traveling citizens in transport.
“If possible, we will transfer the maximum number of civil servants to such a mode of operation in order to extremely reduce the number of people in the subway and electric trains. It is imperative to restrain the outbreak and take new measures to increase the number of people infected, ”said Yoshihide Suga at a press conference in Tokyo (quoted by TASS).
The government also made similar requests to private business associations, said Hiroshi Kadziyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Entrepreneurs were advised to transfer staff to remote work. In addition, authorities called on private businesses to create conditions that allow workers to stay at home even in cases of malaise.
The number of new coronavirus infected in Japan exceeded 850 people. 691 of them are passengers and crew of the Diamond Princess liner, which has been in quarantine for more than two weeks. On February 19, passengers began to go ashore in groups.
Read about the end of the quarantine in the publication “Kommersant FM” “Passengers of the Diamond Princess passed the quarantine test”.
About how the world is preparing for a global epidemic of Chinese disease, – in the publication “Kommersant” “The virus has grown.”
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