【Important Notice】 Information regarding Influenza A (H1N1)

Kunio Suzuki
President
Yokohama National University

Last Update : June 8, 2009
To all students and staff


On June 6th (Sat), the City of Yokohama announced that a man living in Yokohama infected Influenza A (H1N1). According to the announcement, however, the possibility of wide spread of infection is very law as the infected man’s sphere of activity was limited.

At the moment, we are not considering of any class cancellation or campus closure. Nor are we thinking of requesting you to refrain from holding any sort of events.

We would like you to keep on paying attention to the information provided by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as to follow the instructions provided below in order to respond to the flu appropriately.

We will continue to collect information, deliberate appropriate responses, and make announcements. Please be attentive to the information provided on our website and Student Information Systems, for we may announce class cancellation, campus closure, and so on.


◆ Information from YNU


Please check our website with frequency as we will update the flu related information on it.


◆ Collecting Information


Please make an effort to collet information on the flu from the website like listed below and the mass media.


◆ Countermeasures against infection


Please take following prevention measures:

  1. Keep away from the crowd.
  2. Stay away from the person with the symptoms.
  3. Put medical mask.
  4. Wash your hands and gargle frequently.
  5. If you get symptoms, block your coughs for other people.
    Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze, turn the face away from others and keep a distance of at least one meter.

◆ Request for measuring body tempreture


Please measure your body tempreture every day before coming to YNU.
If your tempreture is over 37.5 degrees and you have a sore throat, nasal mucus, and coughs, please follow the instructions as below.


◆ If the symptems of the flu appears


If the symptoms of the flu (eg. high tempreture and coughs) appears, please consut the nearest High-Fever Consultation Center or the Public Health and Welfare Center and contact the following divisoin.

For Students:
Student Support Division TEL 045-339-3114
E-mail gakusei.gakusei＃nuc.ynu.ac.jp
( ＃ ⇒ @)
FAX 045-339-3119

For Staff members:
Personnel and Labor Affairs Division TEL 045-339-3026
E-mail jinji.shokuin＃nuc.ynu.ac.jp
( ＃ ⇒ @)
FAX 045-339-3029



◆ Notice on overseas trip and stay

  1. Please reconsider the necessity of traveling to the region where the infection has been confirmed.
  2. If you have visited or stopped over any of the infected regions, please contact the following division after (or before) coming back.
For Students:
Student Exchange Division TEL 045-339-3182
E-mail ryugakusei.kikaku＃nuc.ynu.ac.jp
( ＃ ⇒ @)
FAX 045-339-3189

For Staff members:
Science and International Affairs Division TEL 045-339-3036
E-mail gaku.kokusai＃nuc.ynu.ac.jp
( ＃ ⇒ @)
FAX 045-339-3039



【Reference】
　 >> High-fever consultation center (Kanagawa Prefecture)
　　　　http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/osirase/kokusai/2seikatujouhou/buta_eng.pdf

　 >> City of Yokohama
　　　　http://www.city.yokohama.jp/ne/life/en/e.html

　 >> Ministry Of Health, Labour and Welfare
　　　　http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/influenza_a/index.html

>> Update Log (Information regarding Influenza A (H1N1))