[No.3 E-mail Newsletter] MEXT Platform Project for Health & Hygiene in Schools for Foreign Students（April 17th, 2023）

** This message was translated from the e-mail newsletter that was sent on 03/31/2023.
   The administrative notification in Portuguese will be sent at a later date.
** Este Boletim informativo, é uma tradução em inglês, que foi enviado por e-mail no dia 31 de março de 2023.
   Sobre as versões em Português do comunicado administrativo, Iremos informá-los  em uma data posterior.
** 本メールマガジンは、2023年3月31日に発信したメールマガジンの英語訳です。
   ポルトガル語版については、追ってご案内いたします。
 
(This e-mail is sent to those who have registered for the “Foreign Schools and International Schools e-mail Newsletter”
and to those who have provided their contact information by phone to mediPhone Inc. If you do not wish to receive this Email Newsletter, please reply using this e-mail address.)
 
We are always grateful for your help and advice.
The Office for the MEXT Platform Project for Health & Hygiene in Schools for Foreign Students, mediPhone Inc. is sending this newsletter.
Through this newsletter, we hope to provide information on school health and hygiene which you would find beneficial.
 
The School Curriculum Division and the Health Education and Shokuiku Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, MEXT issued a notice on March 28, 2023（5th year of Reiwa）, as shown in the link below.
 
▶ Points regarding students who are worried about infection and want to be absent (Notification) https://hsfs.mext.go.jp/en/2023/03/31/information-en-2/
 
We hope that you will use this as a reference material to make appropriate decisions on the necessary measures to be taken to prevent COVID-19 infection.
 
Please note that the segment which states about the Student Record in Item 1 of the administrative notification is provided for reference purpose only, and it is only shown to you as a guide of how public schools in Japan are handling these matters.
 
Excerpts and multilingual versions of the "COVID-19 Infection Control Manuals and Guidelines for Schools" will be posted on the MEXT’s Health and Hygiene Information Website for Schools for Foreign Students and the MEXT Foreign School Health and Hygiene Platform Email Newsletter, so please refer to them, as necessary.
 
(MEXT’s Health and Hygiene Information Website for Schools for Foreign Students: References and Manuals) https://hsfs.mext.go.jp/en/manual-list-en/
 
 
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If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
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the Office for a Professional Platform of Health and Hygiene Environment in Schools
  for Foreign Students provided by MEXT (mediPhone Inc.)
Website: https://hsfs.mext.go.jp/
E-mail: hsfs@mediphone.jp
TEL: 050-3187-8114 ("Multilingual" Consultation Desk) Service hours: 9:00 to 18:00 on weekdays *Our office is closed on Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, the year-end and New Year holidays, and Golden Week; we will respond you on the next business day.
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