Open AccessCOVID-19 Response and Preparedness in the Okayama Prefecture
Author(s) -
Miho Sodeno,
Toshiaki Noriyasu,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2022.p0087
Subject(s) - preparedness , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , pandemic , public health , business , welfare , administration (probate law) , enforcement , economic growth , public administration , political science , medicine , virology , economics , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , outbreak , law
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.