Activities in the SDF Central Hospital Among other activities, the SDF Central Hospital admitted and cared for patients suffering from COVID-19. Explaining the X-ray procedure to a patient Patient guidance Letters of encouragement to patients from the hospital PCR testing Sharing Information at Home and Abroad Special pages set up on the MOD and Joint Staff websites The MOD/SDF set up special pages on their and other websites that published detailed measures to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. In addition, the MOD/SDF shared information, lessons learned, and knowledge obtained through measures to fight COVID-19 with other countries via their embassies in Tokyo and also telephone conversations with defense ministers of 15 countries. (As of June 16) Main MOD/SDF Activities Against COVID-19 Form of Deployment Period January February Chartered flights Quarantine support (note 1) Disaster relief operation to prevent the spread of infection Voluntary January relief 31-March deployment 16, 2020 March April May Cruise ship “Diamond Princess” Medical support and quarantine support (Note 2) Life support assistance (delivery/sorting of supplies, support for disinfection, etc.) Transport support for disembarking passengers Returned Japanese nationals who required health observation and disembarking cruise ship passengers Temporary accommodation facilities Life support assistance (distribution of supplies, serving of meals, collection of medical questionnaire, etc.) Medical support (patient rounds and medical care by medical officers and nurses) Airports (Narita and Haneda) Quarantine support (note 2) Disaster relief operations or reinforced border control From Voluntary March 28 relief to May 31, deployment 2020- Transport support (transporting returnees/foreign nationals from airports (Narita, Haneda, Kansai International, Chubu Centrair International) to accommodation facilities to await PCR test results) Temporary accommodation facilities Life support assistance (distribution of meals, etc.) Disaster relief operations to combat communityacquired COVID-19 Activities by SDF hospitals, etc. Sharing of information about lessons/ findings Life support assistance at accommodation facilities Requests from prefectural April 3, governors 2020and other authorities Airlift of emergency cases Support for training to local government and accommodation facility staff (training in preventing infection) Support for PCR sample collection and medical support Transport between hospital and accommodation facilities for patients who tested positive (asymptomatic or with mild symptoms) and were staying at accommodation facilities Admission of patients who tested positive Presentation of case analyses Clinical trial of Avigan (favipiravir) Publication of “Keeping Everyone Safe from COVID-19” on the Joint Staff website Sharing of lessons/findings with other countries (including via telephone conversations with other defense ministers) (Note 1) Quarantine support by the second and third chartered flights was conducted prior to disaster relief operations on the basis of cooperation with other government agencies in response to a request from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Operations by the fourth and fifth chartered flights were conducted on the basis of disaster relief operations and cooperation with other government agencies in response to a request from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. (Note 2) Conducted as disaster relief operations on the basis of cooperation with other government agencies in response to a request from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Defense of Japan 2