COVID-19

At-Home Recovery Manual
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This manual is for those who have tested positive for COVID-19, but areexperiencing no symptoms or mild symptoms.

１ Request for at-home recovery
Even if you have no symptoms, there is a chance of spreading the disease throughcontact with others. Please stay at home and recover. Precautions are also necessary toavoid infecting others who live together with you.

２ Recovery period
The recovery period is 10 full days following contraction of the disease. For those whohave no symptoms and those who are not sure when they contracted the disease, it willbe 10 days from the day AFTER you took a PCR test, i.e. until the 11th day. Those whohave symptoms must wait until 72 hours after their symptoms subside, but theabsolute minimum period is 10 full days.

３ Preparations for at-home recovery《Preparing your home》
・If you live together with others, please remain in a separate room to minimize contact.
・Please prepare supplies to disinfect shared spaces such as toilets and bathing areas.

《Preparing medication》
・Secure at least 3 weeks worth of any current medications, and discuss with yourdoctor to be sure that you do not run out during your stay at home.

《Regarding food and daily necessities》
・If you plan to use delivery services for food and daily items, please ensure that you do

６ Meal delivery service
To make the at-home recovery process easier to complete properly, we are offering ameal delivery service. (Free of charge)
・We will delivery 3 meals per day until your recovery period is over.
・Menus are based on age, etc. as well as nutrient balance.
・Deliveries will be left in front of your door to avoid contact between the delivery person
and the infected individual. All delivery equipment, containers, etc. are single-use anddisposable.
・Hygienic practices during food preparation, transportation, purchasing are all based on theFood Sanitation Act and other related laws, and all possible measures are being taken toprevent food poisoning.

７ Completion of your recovery period
You will be told when your estimated final day is at the beginning of your recovery period.
If your symptoms have subsided sufficiently, We will contact you after 10 days to end your recovery period. Based on the evidence from the latest research, if you are not experiencing acough or fever for the final 3 days of your recovery period, you will not receive a PCR test inthe end. (This is acknowledged in the Health and Labor Ministry’s notice as well.)

８ Following the completion of your recovery
In rare cases, some patients test positive multiple times. In order to avoid testing positive
again, and infecting those around you, please practice the following for 4 weeks after
your recovery period.

not make direct contact with the delivery person. (i.e. have them leave the package at《Please practice thorough hygiene》

your door, etc.)

・Wash your hands with soap or disinfect with alcohol regularly.

《Regarding delivery services》
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is offering a meal delivery service for those doing at-home recovery.
(Please see section 6)

４ At-home recovery procedures
・Do not leave your home during the recovery period.

・Practice proper coughing etiquette (cough into a mask, tissue, handkerchief, shirt sleeve,
the inside of your elbow, etc. and be sure to wear a mask)《Monitoring your health》
・Please check your body temperature every day and confirm that you do not have afever (37.5℃ or above)《If you get any symptoms such as a fever, cough, etc.》

・Do a self health assessment each day.

・Contact your nearest health center immediately, follow any instructions given, and get
examined by a doctor if necessary.

・Check and record your body temperature twice a day, morning and evening.

・When you talk to the health center/doctor, be sure to inform them that you have・You will receive a call from the health center once a day to ask about things like bodytemperature, coughing, runny nose, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc. Please reportaccurately.
・If there are any changes in your symptoms, please call the health center immediately.

５ Other important points
・Please air out your room regularly.
・Do not have any unessential visitors.
・Please clean anything touched by the patient at least once per day.
・For garbage accumulated during your recovery period, please seal it tightly anddispose of it as normal garbage.
・As it can make it difficult to accurately evaluate your condition, and may makesymptoms worse, smoking and drinking alcohol are strictly prohibited during therecovery period.

previously contracted COVID-19 and underwent at-home recovery.

９ For those living together with the patient
・Avoid contact with the patient as much as possible.
・Wash hands frequently.
・Ensure that everyone in the home wears masks.
・Disinfect things touched by the patient, such as doorknobs, etc. with alcohol.
・If any symptoms appear, such as a fever, please call the nearest health centerimmediately, follow any instructions given, and get examined by a doctor if necessary.
・Do not share eating utensils, bath towels, etc. with the patient. Clean utensils using
regular soap, and clothes using regular detergent, and dry thoroughly.
・Please wear gloves and a mask when cleaning anything that has come into contact
with the patient’s bodily fluids, such as clothing, sheets, etc.
・If possible, toilets, bathing spaces, etc. should not be shared, but if they must be, pleaseclean them well and air them out, and have the patient be the last to use them.
・Please do not have any unnecessary guests in your home, and be careful not to comeinto contact with delivery people, etc.