72% of children in Japan feel stress over coronavirus pandemic: poll

More than 70 percent of schoolchildren in Japan feel stress as a result of the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to a survey by a state-run medical institute.In response to a survey allowing multiple answers, 72 percent of elementary, junior high and senior high school students said thinking about the virus made them feel bad or affected their concentration, according to the National Center for Child Health and Development.Nine percent of respondents, meanwhile, reported sometimes hurting themselves or using violence against family members or pets.The survey also found that 32 perc…READ FULL ARTICLE