COVID-19 Update from MoE (19/03/2020)

新西兰教育部关于新型冠状病毒的最新通知（19/03/2020）

Kia ora koutou

大家好！

With so much information and misinformation swirling around about COVID-19, I wanted to share with you what will happen if we were to have a case in our school community. We have been planning for this and are in a position to respond quickly.

由于最近有很多真真假假的信息在我们社区传播，在这里我有必要和大家说明如果学校有确诊病例时，接下来将会发生什么。教育部一直在制作相关计划，因此我们现在可以及时地给大家相关的回复。

As soon as a case is confirmed in our immediate school community (eg. a student, staff member, or member of their household), the Medical Officer of Health and Ministry of Education will inform me about this, and we will work together to get quick and clear messaging out to you
一旦学校社区内出现确诊病例（比如学生，员工或其家庭成员），卫生部官员及教育部将会立即通知教育部。我们会立即组建工作团队一同工作，给出快速清楚的指导信息。

If there was a case confirmed of someone in our school, we will likely be asked to close temporarily by the Medical Officer of Health. This will allow time for close contacts to be traced, appropriate testing to be undertaken, and a careful clean of the school to be undertaken.
一旦学校社区内出现确诊病例，我们将可能被卫生部官员要求暂时关闭学校。这将会确保我们有时间追溯该确诊病例的接触轨迹，做相关病毒检测以及彻底清洁校园。

If our school does need to close temporarily, we have a plan in place to support student’s learning.
如果我们学校需要暂时关闭，校方将有替代方案支持我们学员的学习。

We know COVID-19 feels scary and of course people are concerned for the wellbeing of our children. Please be assured that with no case confirmed in our school, your children are safe here.

Good hygiene is a priority at our school, and we are reinforcing this regularly with all students and staff. We know that practicing good hygiene is still the best thing we can all do to prevent illness.

We are getting the most up to date advice and guidance so that we can confidently make informed decisions about the safety and wellbeing of our school community.

新型冠状病毒有着可怕的传播性，我们理解家长们一定会担心学员们在校的健康福祉。在这里，我们和大家再次确认，在没有确诊病例的校园里，您的孩子很安全。良好的卫生环境是我们学校现阶段工作的重中之重。我们一直持续不断地和学员还有我们学校的工作团队强调其重要性。养成良好的卫生习惯是确保我们预防疾病的最好方式。我们将会给出最及时的指南和建议，确保校方能够自信地为整个学校社区的安全和福祉做出重要决定。

Ngā mihi

谢谢大家！