From: The Japanese Medical Science Federation COVID-19 Expert Opinion English Version
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Status of COVID-19 on target patient | Negative | Positive or suspected | Negative | Positive or suspected | ||
Disease level | A | Disease that is nonfatal or does not require urgent medical intervention | Perform cautiously under appropriate infection control | Postpone | Postpone | Postpone |
B | Disease that is nonfatal but may potentially be fatal or is at risk of becoming severe | Perform surgery cautiously under appropriate infection control | Postpone; if not possible, perform surgery cautiously under full infection control | Postpone if possible | Postpone | |
C | Disease that may be fatal in a few days or a few months without any surgical intervention | Perform surgery cautiously under appropriate infection control | Consider alternative treatment options; if not possible, perform surgery cautiously under full infection control | Consider alternative treatment options; if not possible, perform surgery cautiously under appropriate infection control | Consider alternative treatment options; if not possible, perform surgery cautiously under full infection control |
From: The Japanese Medical Science Federation COVID-19 Expert Opinion English Version
Work and school(non-healthcare settings) | Healthcare settings |
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Persons with COVID-19 may discontinue isolation under the following conditions: | |
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Person should seek advice from infection control experts, occupational physicians, school physicians, etc., prior to returning to work or school | |
(*1)Without the use of antipyretics | |
(*2)Symptoms such as cough/fatigue and respiratory distress (loss of taste or smell might be long term in COVID-19 patients) | |
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In addition to remarks of non-healthcare settings, consider the following measures as well. |
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From: The Japanese Medical Science Federation COVID-19 Expert Opinion English Version
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Persons may discontinue isolation under the following conditions: |
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If it is difficult to take a leave of absence during the above period due to urgent business reasons, COVID-19 test should be recommended as much as possible. If it is not possible to have a COVID-19 test, each business should implement the following conditions at their own risk. |
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(*1)Without the use of antipyretics |
(*2)Symptoms such as cough/fatigue and respiratory distress |
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