Surveillance for COVID-19 in Japan

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the approach to global surveillance of infectious diseases. In this paper, among the currently operating surveillance systems in Japan, we focus on the national epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases（NESID）system and the active epidemiological investigation scheme, both of which operate based the Infectious Diseases Control Law in Japan. This paper also discusses the response to the current pandemic and the future of infectious disease surveillance.