**4.1 Creating a manual**

**Figure 3** shows the status of preparation of a manual on the shelter management under COVID-19. Approximately 3/4 of the municipalities created the manuals in

*A Report of the Survey on Shelter Management under COVID-19 in Japanese Local Governments DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.98493*

**Figure 3.** *Status of preparation of a manual on the shelter management under COVID-19.*

common, and when combined with the municipalities created individually at the shelters, about 80% of the municipalities answered that they created the manual. The Cabinet Office [24] and NPOs [25, 26] have issued guidelines for shelter management under COVID-19, and it is probable that they were created with reference to them. It can be utilized for countermeasures by showing the overall guideline at an early stage.
