In Kawagoe City, a total of 11 employees and users of a day-care center for children with disabilities were found to be infected on july 18th, and the city is investigating the route of infection as a possible cluster outbreak.
“It would be nice to have at least some spectators” when the Paralympics are held from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, Suga said, adding the decision will be made among organizers including his government, the Japanese organizing committee and the International Paralympic Committee.
“We sincerely hope that you will listen to our voices and not rush to hold the Games. We sincerely hope that you will take the wise decision to cancel the event and carry it out.”
Barrier Free Japan’s vaccine appointment in Kobe has been cancelled due to lack of supply of the vaccine.
The Hokkaido Labor Bureau announced that the employment rate of persons with disabilities through Hello Work in Hokkaido was 41.5% last year, the lowest in the last 10 years. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the number of job offers from companies is decreasing.
The number of employment of persons with disabilities in FY2020 through Hello Work in Saga Prefecture was 902, a decrease of 10.2% from the previous year, the first decrease in 12 years
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After a hearing-impaired person infected with the new corona virus was refused the use of accommodation facilities because it was difficult to communicate by telephone, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has issued a notice to local governments asking them to introduce remote sign language interpretation and written communication so that people with hearing disabilities infected with the new coronavirus can use facilities.
Shoji Tsuchida, Professor of Safety Psychology at Kansai University, warned against simply sneering at such postings. “Telling antivaccine people without much consideration that they’re crazy will make the situation even worse,” he said.
All those who are infected live in Shimonoseki City, and four of them are patients and staff of a day-care centre for disabled children, including one person who had already been infected, five people were confirmed to have been infected at the facility, and the city has confirmed the outbreak as a cluster.
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