Public health centers

For details, please refer to "COVID-19 Infectious Diseases" (Yokohama City Public Health Center).

There are various infectious diseases that are rarely seen or are not well known in Japan, and that are at high risk of infection overseas.
Before traveling abroad, acquire the correct knowledge in advance about how to prevent infectious diseases and the status of outbreaks in each region, and have a safe and enjoyable time.

• About Imported Infectious Diseases(Yokohama City Public Health Center)
• "To everyone who travels overseas!" (External site)(Quarantine Station, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
• "Be careful here! Overseas Travel" (outside site)(Quarantine Station, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
• "To everyone traveling abroad" (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

To prevent enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection, wash your hands thoroughly, and if symptoms (such as bloody stools) suspected of being infected with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli appear, do not take diarrhea and consult a medical institution as soon as possible. Let's go.

• 「Beware of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infections!(Yokohama City Public Health Center)

• Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Q & A (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
• Food poisoning due to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

Food poisoning due to seafood parasites, Anisakis, is increasing.
Anisakis, which enters the mouth with seafood, can penetrate into the inner wall of the stomach and intestines, causing severe abdominal pain and vomiting.
In some cases, shime mackerel made at home was the cause, and cooking at home also requires attention.
For prevention, cooking (60 ° C, 1 minute or more), refrigeration (-20 ° C, 24 hours or more), and removal of anisakis in bright places are effective.
It is also known that when seafood dies, Anisakis, which was parasitic on the internal organs, moves to the muscles.
When you catch fish yourself, it is also effective to remove internal organs immediately.
For details, please refer to the following website.

• Let's prevent food poisoning due to anisakis (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

• When you return home, wash your hands carefully with running water and soap for at least 20 seconds.
• Wash your fingers, wrinkles, nails, and wrists between your fingers.
• Get enough nutrition and rest and increase your body's resistance.

• Wear a mask if you have a cough or sneeze.
• If you get flu, take a break from school or work.
  (Generally, it is said that the virus is excreted from the nose and throat for 3 to 7 days after onset.)
  (The School Health and Safety Act states that attendance is suspended until 5 days have passed after the onset and 2 days after the fever has resolved (3 days for infants).)

• If you think you have done so, be sure to wear a mask and consult a medical institution as soon as possible.
• If you do not answer the call, breathing is fast, breathless, chest pain continues, and symptoms worsen, it is a sign of severe disease. I'll see you right away.

• "About comprehensive measures for influenza this season" (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website)

Winter is the season when infectious diseases such as norovirus and influenza reach the epidemic season.
Let's prevent infectious diseases together by ensuring that each person thoroughly washes hands.

• Use soap to lather well and rinse thoroughly.
• Carefully wash areas where dirt is likely to remain (finger tips, between fingers, wrists, etc.).
• After using the toilet, treat your vomit, and wash your hands frequently, such as when returning home or before and after cooking.

The Yokohama City Public Health Center has created posters for correct hand washing enlightenment and norovirus epidemic warning. Please print it out freely and use it.

• HandbillHand washing method (PDF: 402KB)(Yokohama City Public Health Center)
• Poster "Let's wash" hands "with soap" (Yokohama City Public Health Center)
  • Vertical (PDF: 320KB)
  • Side type (PDF: 106KB)

• Poster"Norovirus influenza is in epidemic! 」（PDF：475KB）(Yokohama City Public Health Center)

• Yokohama City Infectious Disease Information Center(Yokohama City Inst. of Health)
• "About infectious gastroenteritis (especially norovirus)" (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
• "Influenza (seasonal influenza)" (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

In the mouth of animals, nails and manure may have pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans.
Avoid excessive contact, and wash your hands after contacting or cleaning the toilet.
Also, do not touch wild animals unnecessarily (be careful when traveling abroad).

• “Animal-derived infectious diseases” (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

In regions such as Central and South America and Asia, mosquito-borne "Zika virus infection (Zika fever)" has occurred.
Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause fetal microcephaly, so those who may become pregnant or pregnant women should refrain from traveling to endemic areas.

• "Details about Zika virus infection (Zika fever)"
• “Mosquito Monitoring Survey”
  • Survey results (PDF: 73KB) for FY2016 (2016)

Vaccinations is expected to increase resistance (immunity) by vaccinating a vaccine that confirms the effectiveness of disease prevention, and to prevent the disease from becoming more severe.
It is one of the measures to protect your life and health, not only to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, but also to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
The Vaccination Law stipulates the type of vaccination, implementation method, remedy system, etc.
The handling of "regular vaccinations" carried out by each local government, including Yokohama City, and "voluntary vaccinations" that are inoculated individually are different.
For more information, please see "About Vaccinations."

It was a great season for hiking.
There have been many cases of food poisoning caused by accidentally eating poisonous plants as edible plants when picking wild plants.
It is difficult to distinguish plants only by leaves and roots, and it is very dangerous to judge amateurs.
Plants that cannot be reliably determined to be edible should not be picked, eaten, sold, or given to others.

• Handbill"That's a poisonous plant!" （PDF：427KB）(Yokohama City Public Health Center)
• "Consultation desk on food hygiene"

November 19, 2024
　　　"Promotion of comprehensive influenza measures for this season in 2024" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 828KB)
November 18, 2024
　　　"About publicity of" Henipavirus infectious disease medical treatment guideline "" (to all medical institutions) (PDF: 1,944KB)
November 18, 2024
　　　"Awareness due to an increase in the number of reports of measles in Japan (request for cooperation)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 679KB)

November 13, 2024
　　　"Information on health hazards caused by so-called" health foods "(requests)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 1,293KB)

November 11, 2024
　　　"Recommendations from the Society on Increase in Mycoplasma Pneumonia" (To Medical Institutions) (PDF: 407KB)

November 5, 2024
　　　"About alerting with city epidemic expansion of influenza (request)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 800KB)

September 18, 2024
　　　“Reinforcement of Infectious Disease Surveillance Initiatives Associated with the 2025 Japan International Exposition (Osaka / Kansai Expo)” (To Medical Institutions) (PDF: 292KB)

September 9, 2024
　　　"Risk assessment on tick-borne encephalitis" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 283KB)

August 23, 2024　
　　　"About information provision and cooperation request about Mpox (final revision on August 16, 2024)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 954KB)

August 9, 2024
　　　About publicity such as "guide of severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) medical treatment 2024 version" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 2,298KB)

August 7, 2024
　　　"About alert about hand-foot-and-mouth disease" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 929KB)

July 26, 2024
　　　"About dramatic hemolytic hemolytic streptococcus infection (STSS) in pregnant women" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 345KB)

July 19, 2024
　　　"About information provision and cooperation request about Oropche fever" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 334KB)

June 24, 2024
　　　"About dramatic hemolytic hemolytic streptococcus infection (STSS)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 938KB)

April 9, 2024
　　 　"About dissemination of" Mpox medical treatment guide 2.0th edition "" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 1,380KB)

March 29, 2024

"About correspondence at the time of infectious disease outbreak in Yokohama-shi of 2024" (to all of medical institutions) (PDF: 658KB)

March 27, 2024

"So-called" Health Food ", Unapproved Unauthorized Drug Health Damage Prevention Guidelines" (To Medical Institutions) (PDF: 1,698KB)

March 25, 2024

"About cases of transmission from patients with severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus to medical professionals" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 3,928KB)

February 28, 2024

"Awareness due to the increase in measles in Japan and overseas (re-known)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 613KB)

February 9, 2024

"Appropriate use of carbapenem-resistant intestinal bacteria (CRE) infectious disease treatment agent Sefiderocholactosylate sulfate hydrate (1g for fertroja intravenous intravenous intravenous infusion)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 2,120KB)

January 9, 2024

"About dissemination of" M-Pox Medical Care Guide 1.0 Edition "and provision of information on M-Pox and request for cooperation" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 1,840KB)

December 28, 2023

"Application for Issuance of an Account for Infectious Disease Surveillance System (Request)" (To Medical Institutions) (PDF: 1,179KB)

December 7, 2023

"Notice of outbreak warning of pharyngeal conjunctival fever (information provision)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 592KB)

December 6, 2023

"Increase in respiratory infections in children in the People's Republic of China (known)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 635KB)

October 20, 2023

"Promotion of comprehensive influenza measures for this season" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 670KB)

October 16, 2023

"About alerting with influenza epidemic warning announcement (request)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 653KB)

September 21, 2023

"About alerting with city epidemic expansion of influenza (request)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 626KB)

September 12, 2023

"About alerting about dengue fever" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 417KB)

August 31, 2023

"Occurrence of acute hepatitis of unknown cause in children in Europe and the United States (end of investigation at public health centers, request for cooperation from research groups)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 338KB)

July 11, 2023

"Report of patients diagnosed with myocarditis due to Oz virus (information provision)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 1,144KB)

July 10, 2023

"Response of patients suspected of measles (request)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 815KB)

June 9, 2023

"About information provision and cooperation request about Mpox (partial revision)" (to medical institutions) (PDF: 1,454KB)

June 9, 2023

"About the standards for notification based on Article 12, Paragraph 1 and Article 14, Paragraph 2 of the Act on Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Partial Revision)" (To Medical Institutions) (PDF: 794KB) )

May 15, 2023

"Awareness due to an increase in domestic transmission cases of measles" (PDF: 821KB)

May 2, 2023

"Candida Auris (Candida auris) that can cause multidrug-resistant and serious infectious diseases (information provision and request)" (To medical institutions) (PDF: 435KB)

April 11, 2023

"About correspondence at the time of outbreak of infectious disease in Yokohama-shi of 2023" (to all medical institutions) (PDF: 248KB)

• Announcement from FY2020 to FY2022
• Announcement prior to FY2019

• Infectious disease outbreak situation (Yokohama-shi infectious disease information center)
• About Vaccinations
• About HIV/AIDS
• About measles and wind shin
• About new influenza
• About enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection
• About mosquito-borne infectious diseases (Zika fever and dengue fever)
• About severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website)
• About tick-borne encephalitis (outside site)(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website)
• About Yokohama-shi infection prevention measures support liaison meeting
• About tuberculosis
• About Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

• Search for medical institutions
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• For those who can receive massage such as anma massage shiatsu
• Medical Safety (Medical and Pharmaceutical) Index

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