指し定てい感かん染せん症しょう

noun

designated infectious disease

A legal term under Japan's Infectious Diseases Control Law; refers to a disease that the government designates for special measures, often temporarily, such as COVID-19 in early 2020.

• 新しん型がたコロナウイルス感かん染せん症しょうは指し定てい感かん染せん症しょうに指し定ていされた。

  COVID-19 was designated as a designated infectious disease.