Dear YMCA members,
Thank you for your continued support to the YMCA. We would like to inform you that we were notified that two of the personnel related to the YMCA college were tested and diagnosed as positive for COVID-19 on January 9 and 13. At present, the relevant agencies, The Ward Office, medical institutions, etc. have not decided if there are any close contact persons.
We have regular sanitation and cleaning conducted by professional staff regardless of whether or not there are any outbreak of infections. However, we decided to close the facility today and tomorrow to disinfect the facility which will be carried by a professional disinfection company. We are planning to reopen the facility and restart programs on Sat, January 16th. As for the college, we shall either close the school or have online classes for a certain period time so that they don’t come to school.
We apologize for this sudden notice, and any concerns and inconveniences this may cause you. Also, in case you or your family are showing any symptoms, we recommend you to go to a clinic immediately for prevention purposes.
We shall continue working hard to prevent infections for the sake of every single person’s health and to protect the rights of every individual. And last but not least, we pray for the person’s quick and full recovery.
Executive Director of Yokohama Chuo YMCA
As written above, other departments of Chuo YMCA will also be closed temporarily this afternoon. YGK shall keep the school open as the persons concerned have not entered the YGK floor and we operate sanitization regularly. If you have any change in your pick-up time, please contact us via email or telephone.
As the whole YMCA building will be closed for sanitization, YGK will be basically closed and will schedule online classes tomorrow.
In case you need to come to school for unavoidable reasons, please contact us immediately or by 17:00 at the lastest, as we need to arrange a place and teachers to take care of them. We shall inform you later with regards to the online lessons.
YMCA Global Kindergarten
Principal Hidehiko OTSUKA