To Kyushu University Students, Faculty & Staff,

In response to the lifting of the nationwide state of emergency, the University will be lowered its guidance level to “1.5 (Partial Restrictions)” as of October 1, 2021.
In addition, the University will also maintain some of its restrictions on certain activities in response to the restrictions put in place by Fukuoka Prefecture from October 1 to October 14.

*Regarding the latest Kyushu U Guidance Level
To be announced on the Kyushu U website when it is ready.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/crisismanagement/riskmanagement/coronavirus/

Although the declaration of the state of emergency in Fukuoka Prefecture has been lifted, it does not mean that the infection of the COVID-19 virus has ended nationwide. The “cold” season approaching and the environment will become more susceptible to the spread of infection. Although the restrictions on activities will be eased, we ask all students, faculty and staff to remain vigilant and continue to take thorough measures to prevent infection.

In addition, a document summarizing the status of infection and countermeasures taken at the University to date has been posted on the following URL for internal use only. As you can see from the materials, the number of people infected at our University in the fifth wave has been kept quite low compared to the number of people infected in the entire country and prefecture. We believe that this is largely due to the fact that we have been successful in early containment thanks to your cooperation in restricting your activities and vaccination. Vaccination is expected to be effective in preventing the onset and severity of Novel Coronavirus infections, so if you have not yet been vaccinated, please consider getting vaccinated.