Guidelines for Consultation and Examination for the New Coronavirus Infectious Disease (From Mieinfo)

1 – Things to keep in mind before consultation and examination
(if you have a flu or other symptoms such as fever, etc.)
 Do not go to school or work as much as possible, and do not go outside.
 Take and record your temperature every day.

2 – Guidelines for consultation
 If the symptoms of a cold or if the fever of 37.5 degrees and above lasts for 4 days or more (Including when there was a need to take antipyretic medication).
 If you feel weak or having a hard time breathing.
 If you had just returned from a foreign country and feel unwell.

If you are a foreign resident and you fall into one of the categories written above, please consult the MieCo Consultation Support Center for Foreigners; Tel: 080-3300-8077(*Multi-language support)
From Monday to Friday (excluding holidays), 9am to 5pm.

Or consult the Returnees / Contact Center listed below
from 9am to 9pm:(*supported in Japanese only)
(calls are also accepted during Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)

① Iga Health Center; Tel: 0595-24-8070
② Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; Tel: 0120-565653
*For calls from 9pm to 9am the following day, contact Mie Emergency Medical Information Center; Tel: 059-229-1199

 In addition to wearing a mask when consulting a medical institution, please thoroughly wash your hands and mind your coughing etiquette (use a mask, tissue, handkerchief, or sleeve to hold your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing).

The updated information about the new coronavirus at Prefectural Office web site:

http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/YAKUMUS/HP/m0068000066.htm
(*In Japanese language only)

 How to protect yourself;
- Frequently clean hands by using a soap and running water; especially
after going out, after coughing or before touching your mouth, nose
and eyes.
- When coughing and sneezing cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow
or tissue – throw tissue away immediately and wash hands.