Kumamoto University’s Correspondence to the COVID-19
March 24, 2023
President, Kumamoto University
February 2023, the government's novel coronavirus response headquarters has decided to classify
the novel coronavirus as a "type 5 infectious disease" under the Infectious Diseases Act from May
8, 2023, and the concept of wearing masks was reviewed. Based on this, Kumamoto University's
correspondence to COVID-19 will be as follows:
1. Handling of wearing masks
(1) After April 1, 2023
・Respect the subjective choice of the individual and leave the wearing to the individual's
judgment as a basic.
However, depending on the situation, the university may ask you to wear masks.
・Please refer to Kumamoto Prefecture's "Wearing masks" (*1).
(*1) https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/soshiki/30/137944.html
(2) Graduation ceremony (March 25, 2023)
・We will not ask you to wear a mask during the ceremony, but leave it to your personal
judgment.
However, we ask that you wear a mask when you arrive and when you leave.
(3) Entrance ceremony (April 4, 2023)
・Regardless of whether you are visiting, during the ceremony, or leaving, we will not ask you to
wear a mask.
2. Dining parties
(1) After March 23, 2023
・There are no restrictions on dinner parties.
・Please refer to the “Four Steps to Lower Risks of Spreading Infection at Lunch/Dinner
Meetings” published by Kumamoto Prefecture. (*2).
(*2) https://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/soshiki/30/93983.html
3. The novel coronavirus measures
(1) Until May 7, 2023
・Please take precautions to prevent infection based on the “Kumamoto University’s
Correspondence to the Outbreak of the COVID-19 (Protocol Version 43)”.
(2) After May 8, 2023
・" Kumamoto University’s Correspondence to the Outbreak of the COVID-19 (Protocol Version
43)" will be abolished.
・For the time being, we will maintain the current status of hand sanitizer and temperature
monitors for infection control. Please continue to practice "hand hygiene such as washing
hands" and "ventilation".
4. If you are infected with the novel coronavirus.
(1) Until May 7, 2023
・If you become infected, it is required to report it through the system in Moodle, "Report of
infection "and also inform your department and a professor who is in charge of each class.
(2) After May 8, 2023
・If you are found to be infected with the novel coronavirus, please follow the instructions of
the medical institution.
・The system in Moodle,"Report of infection ", "The novel coronavirus infection confirmation
and subsequent response flow chart" and "The health check sheet" will be abolished .
5. Others
・As of March 23, 2023, Kumamoto University's novel coronavirus infectious disease
countermeasures meeting will end.
・Measures against the novel coronavirus infectious disease at the University Hospital (Honjo
North Campus) may be determined separately.
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