小中高で臨時休校始まる　全国一斉要請も自治体で差―新型肺炎

　新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を防止するため、全国で国公私立の小中高校などの臨時休校が２日、始まった。政府は全国一斉を要請したが、臨時休校の時期をめぐって自治体などで判断が分かれた。
　安倍晋三首相は２日の参院予算委員会の冒頭で、「学校において子どもたちへの集団感染という事態は何としても防がなければならないという状況にあった」と述べ、改めて理解を求めた。
　文部科学省が都道府県教育委員会などに２日から春休みまでの臨時休校を要請。文科省の通知では、児童生徒は基本的に自宅で過ごすよう指導することなどを求めた。政府は臨時休校により休職を余儀なくされる保護者の所得減少を支援する助成金制度の創設などの対策を講じる。（2020/03/02-11:10）

Emergency closures of many elementary, junior high and senior high schools began across Japan on Monday to prevent a further spread of the new coronavirus.
   Many public and private schools acted in line with an education ministry request for the measure designed to keep all schools shut until the regular spring break ends in early April, as COVID-19 cases keep increasing.
   However, some municipalities opted to start closures at a later date.
   "We were in a situation in which we had to do whatever we could to prevent mass infections among children at schools," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the beginning of a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.
   The government plans to take measures such as financial assistance to guardians of schoolchildren whose incomes will decrease because they have to take time off work as a result of the policy.