1st - 30th June is Tokyo HIV Testing and Consultation Month. The onset of AIDS occurs when the immune system is compromised due to HIV infection.

Even if you have contracted HIV, there is a period of 3-10 years on average when you will be symptom free, so you will not realize you have contracted the virus unless you are tested. 

AIDS medications have progressed to the point where they can suppress the onset of the disease if you start the appropriate treatment at an early stage.

Getting yourself tested can lead to early detection and onset prevention.

It is also important to know if you are HIV positive in order to prevent transmitting the virus to other people.

HIV/STI tests should be taken after 60 days have passed since possible infection. 

Test items are HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea. 

Tests will be conducted in order of application, and require a telephone reservation.

In fiscal 2021, tests are being conducted every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at Minato Public Health Center.

Please note that testing may be suspended depending on the situation regarding Covid19 infections.

For details on each test, please see the Minato City website. 

The subsection in charge at Minato Public Health Center is the Public Health and Disease Prevention Subsection of the Public Health and Disease Prevention Section.

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If a disaster such as an earthquake occurs, InterFM897 will provide the necessary information from Minato City, including evacuation procedures and damage updates. 

Please tune in to InterFM897 if a major earthquake strikes. 

Minato City provides furniture tipping prevention devices etc free of charge, with the aim of keeping damage from falling furniture to a minimum in the event of an earthquake. 

Those eligible are households whose members reside in Minato City and are registered as residents. 

Aid is available only once per household and is provided in the form of items such as tension rod style devices, which support ceilings and furniture to prevent furniture from tipping over, and shatter prevention film for glass. 

For senior citizens, people with disabilities, expectant and nursing mothers and single parent families, installation of the furniture tipping prevention devices etc will also be provided.

To apply, please fill out the application form for ‘aid in furniture tipping prevention devices etc’. 

This is available at the Collaboration Project Section at any Regional City Office. 

The subsection in charge at Minato City Hall is the Disaster Prevention Community Support Subsection of the Disaster Prevention Section.

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(Audio) 24th/27th May 2021 ON AIR: Tokyo HIV Testing and Consultation Month is from 1st - 30th June / Aid in Furniture Tipping Prevention Devices