MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students 53rd issue（September 30th, 2022）

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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
53rd issue：September 30th, 2022
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（１）Tentative English translation of the “Guidelines for Countermeasures in the case where COVID-19 Infection of Students, Teachers or Staff is confirmed at the Schools”
 
      We have prepared a tentative English translation of the “Guidelines for Countermeasures in the case where COVID-19 Infection of Students, Teachers or Staff is confirmed at the Schools (August 2022 Revised Edition)”, which was announced in the notification dated September 2, 2022, as shown in the attachment.
In addition, we have also prepared a document summarizing the major revisions to the Guidelines, which was announced in the notification dated August 30, 2021, for your reference.
     Please be advised that this revision of the Guidelines also takes into account the points to be noted in response to the Omicron variant in the Guidelines, which were announced on February 3 and March 23, 2022.
 
     ・Tentative English translation of the “Guidelines for Countermeasures in the case where COVID-19 Infection of Students, Teachers or Staff is confirmed at the Schools” (PDF:975KB)
 
 
（２）The revised Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control including revision of the Medical Treatment Period for Patients with Novel Coronavirus Disease
 
     At the recent meeting of the Headquarters for Countermeasures against Novel Coronavirus Disease held on September 8, the "Policy Approach toward New Normal" was decided, and the "Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control" (hereinafter referred to as the "Basic Policies") were also revised.
 
     In the recent revision of the Basic Policies, the medical treatment period for patients with COVID-19 has also been revised, so please refer to the attached "Revision of the Medical Treatment Period for Patients with Novel Coronavirus Disease" (the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), administrative notification dated September 7, 2022) as well. Especially in schools, please note the following points:
     - Even after the termination of treatment, schools are required to take thorough measures to prevent infection until 10 days from the date of onset for symptomatic patients, and until 7 days from the date of specimen collection for asymptomatic patients.
     - Although it is allowed to go out to the minimum extent necessary such as buying groceries during the period of treatment, going to school during the period of treatment is not considered minimum necessary outings.
 
     In addition, in relation to the revision in the Basic Policies, please note the following points which have not been changed from the contents announced in the administrative notification so far:
     - Teachers, staff, students, and others who have been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 do not need to submit a negative testimony to the school in order to go to work or school after the termination of medical treatment.
     - However, when an asymptomatic patient is released from medical treatment after 5 days (the 6th day) from the date of specimen collection after the test result is confirmed negative, the school or its establisher may confirm the test result with an image of the test result.
 
     ・The revised Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control including revision of the Medical Treatment Period for Patients with Novel Coronavirus Disease (PDF:464KB)
 
 
We are sharing this announcement with you with the hope that it will be utilized as a reference for your consideration on your responses to COVID-19.
 
 
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     Useful information for schools for foreign students focusing on countermeasures against COVID-19 will be provided in several languages, so, for the time being, please regularly check our updates.
 
     Thank you for reading this e-mail newsletter.
 
 
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E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
Tel：03-5253-4111（Ex. 3222） E-mail：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp
 
＜Reference＞
・Information on Study Support for Foreign Children　→　CASTANET (Japanese Only)　（International Education Division, Educational Policy Bureau）
・Information on Japanese Language Education Contents　→　NEWS (Japanese Only)　（Japanese Language Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs）
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