What should I do
if I think I have COVID-19?
Getting tested
If you are symptomatic…
(you have a fever, cough, and/or other symptoms)…and you are at risk of severe illness:

Go to the hospital immediately!

Individuals at risk of severe illness:▶
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Adults over 65 years old
Pregnant individuals
Has underlying medical conditions
Has severe fever or cough due toCOVID‐19

Scan the QR code for a list ofhospitals and other medical
institutions:*Make sure to call before you go.

…and you are NOT at risk of severe illness:
You can either:
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Get tested at a medical institution.
*Make sure to call before you go.

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Or search for:Use a self-test kit.

If you are asymptomatic…
(but you think you may have COVID-19)

You can either:If you’re still not sure where to go,call the COVID‐19 Support Hotline:

089‐909‐3483 (24h/7d)▶ Free COVID‐19 Test Support
Hotline:080‐0080‐7893(Mon‐Fri 9am‐6pm)▶ Information on getting COVID‐19
tested for free:▶ Go to a free testing center▶ Use a self-test kitOr search for:
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What should I do if I test positive?
If you are at risk of severe illness:
Medical staff will inform you of the proper way to treat your symptoms. You will also
get a message from your local Health Center.
If you are told that you will need to be hospitalized, please comply with thestaff and stay at the hospital.

If you are told that you will NOT need to be hospitalized, please go homeand start treating your symptoms at home. The Health Center or hospital willcall or message you every day to help monitor your health.

*If you self-tested and are positive, please go to the hospital.

If you are NOT at risk of severe illness:▶

…and you test positive at a medical institution:
Medical staff will inform you of the proper way to treat your symptoms at home.
You will also receive a “Guide to Treating COVID-19”.
 Please measure your temperature every day, once in the morning andonce at night.
 If your symptoms worsen, please call the Ehime Self-Treatment Support
Hotline or the hospital. Your local Health Center will NOT contact you tofollow up on your condition.
*The number for the Ehime Self-Treatment Support Hotline will be written in the“Guide to Treating COVID-19”.

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…and you test positive at a free testing
center or by using a self-test kit:
Please report your result to the Ehime Positive
Results Registration. After you register, you will
receive an email with information on how totreat your symptoms at home.

Ehime Positive
Results Registration
Scan the QR codeor search for:
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If you are in your 20s-40s and do not have underlying medicalconditions: Please take medication and treat your symptoms at home, even if you have afever or cough.
 If your symptoms worsen, please call the Ehime Self-Treatment Hotline or thehospital.

Timeline for Self-Isolating at Home
Day0Symptoms
begin

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Stay at home, avoid contact withothers, and treat your symptoms.

If your symptoms lessen(no fever, no cough, etc.)
without taking medication,
you may resume normal
activity starting Day 8,
but please continue tomonitor your health.

Stay at home andavoid contact with others.

If you continue tohave no symptoms,
you may resume normal
activity starting Day 8
regardless if you take atest or not.

Asymptomatic,
but test
positive
Stay at home andavoid contact withothers.

If you continue to have no symptoms
and you test negative on Day 5,
you may resume normal activity
starting Day 6.