About home disposal procedures related to COVID-19 infection

　If you are infected with an infectious disease such as the new coronavirus or suspected of having it, please pay attention to the following points for masks and tissues with runny nose, etc., andburnable garbage.
　Also, please provide the used COVID-19 simple test kit as "burnable garbage". (For those with needles, put it in a hard container where the contents can be checked and closed the lid.)

• Do not directly touch garbage such as masks
• The garbage bag is removed from the air, tightly tightly and sealed.
• After discarding the garbage, wash your hands thoroughly with running water.

Reference: Ministry of the Environment
「How to throw away masks at home (PDF: 543KB)」
　English version (PDF: 552KB)
「How to dispose of household garbage for infectious diseases such as new coronavirus (PDF: 346KB)」
　Easy Japanese version (PDF: 275KB), English version (PDF: 478KB), Chinese version (PDF: 204KB)

　It is said that it takes about three days for the virus attached to the surface of the object to lose its infectiousness.
　If a person who has been infected with an infectious disease such as the new coronavirus or suspected it is at home, separate recyclables such as plastic containers and packaging, cans, bottles, and PET bottles after about one week Please leave the period, and then take it out on the designated collection date.