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Japan and Hong Kong have their elementary, junior-high and high schools until April. Governments they want to children from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Schools in Japan will closed until April the 8th, which is the start of the new school year. Children in Hong Kong will to school on April the 20th at the earliest. Parents are now worried about the school closures. Working parents have to about how to for younger children. Grandparents will after many children while their parents go to work. However, many children no grandparents or extended family who live nearby. Parents may have to for expensive childcare fees.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the country's schools after a meeting of Japan's anti-virus task force. He said the next two weeks are critical to the spread of COVID-19. He wants to " the risk of many children and teachers infected through gathering for long hours every day". The government said it would public services and private companies to make it easier for people to time off work to look after their children. An angry mother said: "I if the government thinks it is OK to leave children at home alone for long hours." She asked: "What's the point of schools if parents still commuting in packed trains in which passengers may COVID-19?"