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JDR Vol.17 No.1 pp. 87-92
(2022)
doi: 10.20965/jdr.2022.p0087

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COVID-19 Response and Preparedness in the Okayama Prefecture

Miho Sodeno*,**,† and Toshiaki Noriyasu*

*Division of Health and Welfare, Okayama Prefectural Government
2-4-6 Uchisange, Okayama, Okayama 700-0824, Japan

†Corresponding author

**National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received:
October 19, 2021
Accepted:
December 14, 2021
Published:
January 30, 2022
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Keywords:
COVID-19, regional administration, Okayama
Abstract

In this article, the authors explain how Division of Health and Welfare, the Okayama Prefectural Government, addressed the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on the public health administration, policies enforcement, and government measures to ease the burden of people and industry, especially the hospital industry.

Cite this article as:
M. Sodeno and T. Noriyasu, “COVID-19 Response and Preparedness in the Okayama Prefecture,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.17 No.1, pp. 87-92, 2022.
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