Sept.14. 2009

Influenza Home Recuperation Certificate

People who had to stay home to recuperate from Influenza can receive a certificate at the Medical Center for Student Health. This is necessary for students to receive an alternative date for examinations that they missed, and special exception treatment for staff members. Details on how to receive this certificate is as follows.

To all Kobe University Students and Staff Members

Director of Influenza A (H1N1) Task Force
YOKONO Koichi

This is the detail on how to receive the certificate to resume class or work

  • For students who had to stay home due to Influenza A (H1N1), A-type flu or cold like symptoms
    • First, call the Student Affairs Section of your Faculty/Graduate School.
    • By making this phone call, you can receive the certificate for absence due to influenza or cold-like symptoms from the Medical Center for Student Health when the designated Stay Home Period is over, and when all the symptoms have disappeared.
    • If you wish to receive alternative dates for examinations, workshops, off-campus classes, you need a medical certificate from a medical institution or the certificate mentioned above. This certificate must be obtained from the Medical Center for Student Health on the first day you return to school after recuperation.

  • For staff members who had to stay home due to Influenza A (H1N1) or the A-type flu
    • First, call the General Affairs Department.
    • By making this phone call, you can receive the certificate for absence due to influenza or cold-like symptoms from the Medical Center for Student Health when the designated Stay Home Period is over, and when all the symptoms have disappeared.
    • If you wish to receive “the special exception for days missed due to Influenza A (H1N1) “(Sept. 2, 2009), you need a medical certificate from a medical institution or the certificate mentioned above. This certificate must be obtained from the Medical Center for Student Health on the first day you return to work after recuperation.
Influenza A (H1N1) is spreading rapidly in Japan. We have to admit it is difficult to completely prevent its spread on campus. At present, we do not plan to take drastic measures such as cancelling classes all together due to group infection, however should the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Hyogo Prefecture, or Kobe City ask us to, we may have to give it due consideration.