About Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

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Please be sure to take the following precautions against COVID-19.

If you feel you have a cold, call a hospital first!

(1) If you have any of the following symptoms, please be sure to consult your family doctor by phone.
-You have cold symptoms such as a cough or a fever.
-You have difficulty breathing.
-You have severe fatigue.
※If you don't know which hospital to call, please call the consultation center. They will tell you which hospital you should go to.

The following people are particularly susceptible to becoming seriously ill. Please contact the consultation center immediately.
-Senior citizens
-Those with underlying conditions including diabetes, heart conditions, and respiratory conditions (COPD, etc.) as well as those undergoing dialysis
- Those taking immunosuppressant, anticancer, or similar drugs
- Pregnant women

(2) If you don't feel well due to common illness, not COVID-19, please go to hospital. Don't put up with it.

Hiroshima Prefecture lifted the priority measures on March 6. However, the number of infected people is still large. We kindly ask for your cooperation to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

●The number of familial infection cases is large. Please take the following measures.
(1) Wash your hands, gargle and ventilate rooms.
(2) If those you live with have a cough or a fever, please wear a mask even at home.
(3) If you have a cough or a fever and feel sick, please call the Consultation Center below before going to hospital. Please don't go to school or work.
(4) If those you live with have a PCR test, please avoid going out as much as possible until the test results are available.
●Please take measures to prevent infection at home.
●When you go out, please wear a mask. Please keep a distance from others.
●Please avoid traveling to the other prefectures where a lot of people were infected. Also, when you go to the other prefectures, please take measures to prevent infection.
●Please avoid going to the following events or places.
(1) Closed spaces
(2) Crowded places
(3) Close-contact settings
●Please work at home as much as possible.
●Please avoid eating with anyone other than those you live with as much as possible. When you eat out, please choose a restaurant which takes measures to prevent infection.
●When you eat out, the number of people sitting at the same table should be less than 4 people until March 13.
●Please use the apps called "COCOA"＜外部リンク＞ and "Hiroshima Corona Notice QR."＜外部リンク＞
●Please be careful about "5 situations"＜外部リンク＞ that increase the rink of infection.
●If you don't have any symptoms but worry about it, you can have a PCR test for free.
●Please don't meet people if you have a fever or feel sick. Please call the Consultaion Center below.

Please click here＜外部リンク＞ for more information.

Where to contact

Consultation Center (Public Health Center)
Tel.: 082-513-2567 (Every day / 24 hours)

Onomichishi Kenko Suishinka (Health Promotion Division)
Tel.: 0848-24-1961 (Weekdays: from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.)

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Call Center
Tel.: 0120-565-653 (Every day: from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.)

If you don't speak Japanese, please call below.

Hiroshima International Center
Tel.: 0120-783-806 (From Monday to Friday except national holidays: from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
　 (Every Saturday: from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
Supported languages: English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Nepali

JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization)
Tel.: 050-3816-2787 (24 hours / 365 days)
Supported languages: English, Chinese, Korean

Prevention

●Keep 2 meters(at least 1 meter) from others.

●Wear a mask when you go out and talk with others. Cover your mouth and nose with a mask or tissues etc. when you cough and sneeze, and wash your hands well after that.

●Wash your hands well with soup or alcohol when you return home and before cooking and eating.

●Avoid the “Three Cs”! (Closed spaces with poor ventilation, Crowded places with many people nearby and Close-contatct settings such as close-range conversation).

Please click here＜外部リンク＞ for more information about the infection prevention.