To all students, faculty, and staff

[Note] The following content is applicable until May 7, 2023.

If a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 has been confirmed or if there is concern that one will be confirmed, campus entry possibility is stipulated as follows.

Please take appropriate action according to your situation in order to prevent the spread of infection.

* Please take your body temperature at home before commuting to school or work.

If your temperature is 37.5℃ or higher, you will not be allowed to enter campus regardless of the following.

Temperature check stations have been set up at multiple buildings on campus, so please take your temperature as needed on your own.

Furthermore, taking into account the societal circumstances concerning COVID-19, there may be some restrictions on campus entrance and reception hours. Information is posted as the situation requires on “University's Countermeasures against the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)”, so please check it from time to time.

1. If a doctor diagnosed with COVID-19 infection (Including cases where registration to the local government's positive person registration center is completed based on the test results of a commercially available medical antigen test kit)

The treatment period for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients is as follows.

As soon as medical treatment is lifted, you will be able to enter the university campus.

(1) In case of symptomatic person

(a) In case of inpatient treatment

If 10 days have passed since the onset of symptoms and 72 hours have passed since the symptoms subsided, medical treatment can be canceled from the 11th day. (It becomes possible to enter the campus)

(b) Persons other than (a) above

If 7 days have passed since the onset of symptoms and 24 hours have passed since the symptoms subsided, medical treatment can be canceled from the 8th day. (It becomes possible to enter the campus)

* Please refrain from contact with high-risk persons, visits to high-risk facilities, eating and drinking with large numbers of people, attending large-scale events, and other high-risk activities until after 10 days have elapsed.

* If you have been treated with a respirator, follow the instructions of the medical institution.

(2) In case of asymptomatic persons

If 7 days have passed since the sample collection date, the medical treatment can be canceled from the 8th day. (It becomes possible to enter the campus)

* If the test result of a commercially available medical antigen test kit is negative on the 5th day after the first sample collection, you will be allowed to enter the campus from the 6th day.

* Please refrain from contact with high-risk persons, visits to high-risk facilities, eating and drinking with large numbers of people, attending large-scale events, and other high-risk activities until after 7 days have elapsed.

2. If there is a risk of infection

Anyone who falls under any of the following conditions shall be deemed "at risk of COVID-19 infection" and cannot enter the university campus. Monitor your health, mainly by taking your temperature twice daily (morning and evening).

*Students/faculty and staff who have entered the country or returned from abroad should check "Entering the Country and Returning from Overseas.”

(1) Status of students/faculty and staff

[1] Identified as a close contact (* This also applies if a cohabitant such as a family member becomes positive. ➡ See "(2) [1] " for permission to enter the campus.)

➡ You cannot enter the university campus until the 5th day after the date of your last contact with the person who tested positive, with the day following contact considered the first day.

* If a negative test is confirmed on the 2nd and 3rd days using the commercially available medical antigen test kit, the waiting can be canceled from the 3rd day..In this case, it is not necessary to confirm the decision to cancel the waiting with the public health center.

* In both case, please refrain from contact with high-risk persons, visits to high-risk facilities, eating and drinking with large numbers of people, attending large-scale events, and other high-risk activities until after 7 days have elapsed.

* Directions of a public health center will be followed if you have received a negative PCR test result and the public health center as instructed a home quarantine period.

[2] Has cold symptoms such as fever or abnormal sense of taste or smell

➡ You cannot enter the university campus until it can be confirmed that these symptoms disappeared within three days after onset and that fever, cough, phlegm, diarrhea, general malaise, and abnormalities in sense of taste or smell have been absent without the use of any medication for more than 48 hours.

If these symptoms persist for four or more days, visit your doctor or the nearest medical institution (it is possible to call the nearest consultation center to receive an introduction).

* In the following cases, it is possible to enter the campus after taking measures to prevent infection.

- "Negative" is confirmed by the test with a commercially available medical antigen test kit

- It has been confirmed by a doctor that your symptoms are not caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus.

[3] Was “suspected positive” (*) in a test such as a monitoring test or test at a private PCR testing center, a commercially available medical antigen test kit

➡ You cannot enter the university campus until you visit a medical institution, etc., and are confirmed not infected.

* Different phrasing may be used depending on testing institutions.

[4] The local government's COVID-19 notification app confirmed close contact with someone who tested positive

➡ You will not be allowed to enter the campus until you follow the instructions displayed on the app and confirm that there are no problems.

(2) Status of people living together, such as family (This case corresponds to the close contact person of "(1) [1]" above.)

[1] If a positive diagnosis is confirmed

➡ Students/faculty and staff cannot enter the university campus until the 5th day after the date of their last contact with the person living with them, with the day following contact considered the first day.

　　　　 Your waiting period is as follows.

・ The later of the day of onset of the cohabitant (the day of sample collection if there is no symptom) or the day of isolation of the person (the day when infection control measures are taken in the house if the person is treated at home) is set as the 0th day.

・ The waiting period is until the 5th day, and the waiting period is canceled from the 6th day.

・ If a negative test is confirmed on the 2nd and 3rd days using the commercially available medical antigen test kit, the waiting can be canceled from the 3rd day.

In this case, it is not necessary to confirm the decision to cancel the waiting with the public health center.

* Directions of a public health center will be followed if you have received a negative PCR test result and the public health center has instructed a home quarantine period.

If the person living with you is recuperating at home, directions of a public health center will be followed regarding the home quarantine period.

[2] Identified as a close contact

➡ If a family is identified as a close contact, and public health center give you some direction, we request you follow the directions of a public health center regarding home quarantine.

If you do not fall under any of the above categories, in principle you can enter the university campus.

In addition, if it is found that there is a risk of infection during activities on campus, such as if notification is received from a public health center that someone is a close contact, said person should leave the premises immediately.

3. If you have a fever of 37.5 ° C or higher after vaccination 

If you have a fever after vaccination, you cannot enter the university campus until the fever disappears.

* If you have any of the following symptoms other than fever, contact a public health center or medical institution that has vaccinated you and follow the instructions.

・ Cough and sore throat

・ Abnormalities in sense of taste or smell

・ Shortness of breath, etc.

See here for the policy on campus entry possibility regarding COVID-19.(Applicable until May 7, 2023) (updated March 27, 2023)