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I think next will be universities (we already cancelled a conference in mine). Japan has taken the issue too lightly since the beginning, it's good they finally start acting on it.

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Not sure if the universities will close, unless things get much worse. The universities here are already on Spring Break -- the semester / year ended at the start of February and the new school year won't start until the beginning of April. So, it's most likely they universities will just stay as they are and wait and see.

IF things get worse, I'm not sure what the universities will do here.

It’s spring vacation for undergrad students only, not researchers, grads students and administrative staff. Also contrary to Europe most service are running at least minimally (libraries, a cafeteria, etc.) so there is still some activity on campus.

So, if the virus keep spreading I hope they’ll close or that we can chose to stay at home, which is OK for most of my job anyway.

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