a total of 23 residents and staff at facilities for the disabled were found to be positive, resulting in a new cluster. The cluster, which had been confirmed in eight places, including medical institutions, schools and elderly care facilities, also expanded.
Hiroshi Ueno, 72, a former international relations adviser for Kyosaren, a Japanese organisation for people with disabilities, translated testimonies from local families and began to disseminate them in order to convey the devastating situation of people with disabilities in Ukraine, where the military invasion by Russia is continuing.
Japan is considering making the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions eligible for fourth coronavirus vaccine shots, in line with recommendations by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, government sources said Tuesday.
Five people were found to be infected at a facility for the disabled in Sakura City by 16 April, which the prefecture judged to be a cluster.
Japanese prefectural officials are increasingly believing that the country is about to enter a seventh wave of COVID-19 infections as cases are surging in some regional areas.
Some 8.7% and 8% of children said they were looking after their parents because of their mental disorder or physical disability, respectively.
The plan is to tack on 10 yen (8 cents) to a ticket for JR East’s 16 major lines, including the Yamanote, Chuo and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The increase will go into effect from spring 2023.
On 4th April, a part-time worker at Okumachi Kyokumae, Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of theft by the Aichi Prefectural Police, Inazawa Station for stealing a total of 400,000 yen in cash using cash cards obtained illegally from residents of a group home for disabled people where she used to work.
The number of confirmed cases of abuse of persons with disabilities in Hyogo Prefecture in FY2020 rose to 143, compared to the previous year. The number of cases increased by nearly 40% from 104, the prefectural government found. The increase is higher than the 1.09 times increase from the previous year in the national survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The average monthly wage in FY2020 for persons with disabilities working at employment support facilities in Tochigi prefecture was 16,405 yen, down 5.3% (912 yen) from the previous year and the first decrease in 11 years, according to a report by the prefectural disability welfare department on 30 November.
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