April 28, 2023
Director of the Health Administration Center
Notification: Reporting at the Onset of Infectious Disease
Dear Students and Faculty Members:
The Health Administration Center collects information on infections affecting members of the university and strives toprevent the onset of infectious diseases both inside and outside the university. This notification is again provided based on themodification of the positioning of COVID-19 infection from a Pandemic Influenza (Novel Influenza or Re-emergingInfluenza) to a Category 5 Infectious Disease under the Infectious Disease Act starting May 8, 2023.
If you have been infected with or are suspected of having an “Infection That Should be Prevented at School” (seethe table below), please report it using the forms in this link (URL: https://forms.office.com/r/qvMcSWWK7D).
Concurrently, students should promptly contact the Academic Affairs, while faculty members should contact theGeneral Affairs.
Please make all efforts to recuperate so that you do not spread the infection by forcing yourself to attend the university. If
you are a faculty member who has been contacted by a student regarding having an infection, kindly provide reasonableaccommodations during the student’s suspension when not attending the university.
Enforcement Regulations for the School Health and Safety Act
Types of “Infections That Should be Prevented at School” [Duration of suspension from school]
Class I

Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, smallpox, South American hemorrhagic fever, pestplague, Marburg disease, Lassa fever, acute poliomyelitis, diphtheria, severe acute respiratory syndrome (limited tocoronaviruses where the pathogen is beta coronavirus SARS), and bird flu (limited to influenza virus A where thepathogen is influenza virus A and the serum subtypes are H5N1 and H7N9) [Until cured]Class II・COVID-19 [Until 5 days have passed since the onset and 1 day has passed since the remission of symptoms]
・Influenza (excluding bird flu (H5N1, H7N9)) [Until 5 days have passed since the onset and 2 days have passed sincethe fever subsided]・Pertussis [Until the characteristic cough symptoms disappear or treatment with an appropriate antimicrobial agent for
5 days is completed]・Measles [Until 3 days have passed since the fever subsided]・Mumps epidemic [Until 5 days have passed since the onset of swelling of the parotid, submandibular, or sublingual
glands and the general condition improves]
・Rubella [Until rash disappears]
・Chickenpox [Until all rashes have crusted]・Pharyngoconjunctival fever [Until 2 days have passed since the main symptoms disappeared]
・Tuberculosis, meningococcal meningitis [Until the school physician or another physician confirms that there is no riskof infection due to symptoms]

Class III

Cholera, bacillary dysentery, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, epidemic
keratoconjunctivitis, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. [Until the school physician or another physician confirms that there
is no risk of infection due to symptoms]
・Streptococcal infection [Until the general condition in good and after 24 h from the start of appropriate antimicrobialtreatment]
・Viral hepatitis A , Viral hepatitis E [Until the liver function has normalized]
・Viral hepatitis B, viral hepatitis C [Suspension from school is not needed]
・Hand-foot-and-mouth disease [Until the general condition improves during the healing phase]
・Erythema infectiosum [Until the general condition in good with only a rash]・Herpangina [Until the general condition improves during the healing phase]
・Mycoplasma infection [Until the general condition are in good]・Rotavirus infection, norovirus infection, Salmonella infection, Campylobacter infection [Until the general condition
improves with relieved symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting]

Other

・Head lice [Suspension from school is not needed (The sharing of towels, combs, and brushes needs to be avoided)]・Molluscum contagiosum [Suspension from school is not needed (Those with multiple rashes must avoid sharing
kickboards in the pool)]・Contagious impetigo [Suspension from school is not needed (Swimming and bathing need to be avoided)]*If you have subjective symptoms and do not know how to respond, please consult with the Health Administration Center.
(TEL: 058-293-2174, E-mail: hokencen@gifu-u.ac.jp)