Education and research activities learning from COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • TSUJI Yoshiko
    Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo
  • KOYASU Shigeo
    RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University of Medicine
  • TOMITA Kengo
    Environment Health & Safty Office, Nagoya University
  • OSHIMA Yoshito
    Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

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  • COVID-19対応から学ぶ教育・研究活動
  • COVID-19 タイオウ カラ マナブ キョウイク ・ ケンキュウ カツドウ

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<p>The ravages of Corona-Virus Disease-2019 have had an enormous impact on social life in all over the world. It is indisputable that basic measures to prevent infection are important. Moreover, in order for universities to fully fulfill the education and research functions that are one of the basic missions of universities, we must not only wait for settling down the spread of Coronavirus infections and getting back to normal, but also consider how to balance Coronavirus infection prevention measures while maintaining research activities. In addition, being forced to disperse research activities in time and space as a Coronavirus infection prevention is a factor in the complexity and diversity of risks in laboratories, and safety and health management in such situations must be considered in accordance with the situation at the research sites. In order for a university to be a university, there is an urgent need to take measures to coexist with Coronavirus infection risks in order to respond appropriately and rationally to the ever-changing situation, using the knowledge and considerations related to environmental safety that were learned from the first wave experience.</p>

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  • Journal of Environment and Safety

    Journal of Environment and Safety 11 (3), 51-55, 2021-01-15

    Academic Consociation of Environmental Safety and Waste Management, Japan

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