Precautions to be taken by HVAC&R JAPAN 2020 concerning the Novel Coronavirus

In January 2020, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that a case of the Novel Coronavirus, which originated in the Hubei Province, China, was detected in Japan. To this date, additional cases have been reported within Japan. As of February 17th, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has asked that “in places where a large number of people should gather, such as an event, each person should take precautions such as washing your hands frequently and to cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, or with the crook of your arm if a tissue is unavailable, when coughing or sneezing. Event organizers are also asked to take necessary precautions, such as placing hand sanitizers.”