墨爾本頂級私校教師確診，維州首家學校
關閉已確認為維州首例人傳人傳播病例維州累計確診16例全澳累計確診已逾百人。
Carey Baptist Grammar School
3月10日，維州頂級私立學校Carey Baptist Grammar School成為維州首家因新型冠狀病毒大流行病危機而關閉的院校。
週一晚上7點30分左右，校長喬納森·沃爾特(Jonathan Walter)給家長們發了一封電子郵件，稱在校一名教師出現符合新型冠狀病毒的症狀後，學校將於週二全面停課。
郵件內容原文如下▼
Monday 9 March, 2020
Dear Carey Families
I am writing to advise you that today Carey was advised of a case of exposure to coronavirus (COVID-19) that has occurred within the Carey school community. An adult in our community (Kew campus) has had direct contact with a person with COVID-19 and they have developed symptoms consistent with the virus. This person is now being tested.
The health and safety of our community is our first priority. Carey has been in contact with both the Department of Health and the Department of Education to ensure we have the latest information and advice. Based on this advice, Carey has made the decision to close the whole school (Kew and Donvale) for the day on Tuesday 10 March while we assess the situation.
We are working closely with the Department of Health to identify any potential exposure and we will be in direct contact with any potentially affected individuals. In the interim, all staff and students are asked to stay at home and there will be no classes or activities at the School on Tuesday 10 March.
Please note that the OSH Club (aftercare at Kew and Donvale) will also be cancelled on Tuesday 10 March.
Carey will send a further update tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 10 March regarding the resumption of classes and any further actions taken by the School to ensure the health and safety of all in our community.
In line with government advice, we remind all staff, students and parents that if you develop cold and flu viral symptoms such as fever, you are requested to self-quarantine, report to your doctor or a hospital emergency department for testing and inform the School as soon as possible.
Any staff member or student who has been in contact with a person who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 should self-quarantine for 14 days from the last date of contact with an infected individual.
If you have any queries, please email [email protected] or ph 9816 1222.
Regards
Jonathan Walter
Principal
Jonathan Walter校長在郵件中表示，目前正在接受檢測的這位教師與一名被證實感染了冠狀病毒的人有過直接接觸。該教師的家屬也被證實曾與週五確診的Toorak家庭醫生Chris Higgins乘坐過同一班從美國飛往墨爾本的航班。該病例已確認為維州首例人傳人病例。截至目前，維州共計確認16例，全澳確診已逾百人。
Carey共有2500名在校學生，這名老師在有大約900名學生的高中部工作。
目前，該校正在對病毒在學校內的潛在傳播進行觀測。校長表示，在等待評估結果的同時，將於週二起關閉學校。
Carey Baptist Grammar School 截至目前，Carey是澳洲第四所由於新冠病毒關閉的學校。
在悉尼，埃平男子高中(Epping Boys High School)週五停課，聖帕特里克馬里斯特學院(St Patrick’s Marist College)和威洛比女子高中(Willoughby Girls High School)週一停課。
教育部長丹·特漢(Dan Tehan)表示，隨著病毒繼續傳播，臨時關閉學校可能會“成為常態”。
特漢表示，如果情況惡化，學校將延長停課時間。未來，受影響的中小學甚至大學都有可能進一步關閉。
目前，還不清楚Carey的關閉是否會延長到星期二以後。
Jonathan Walter校長表示:“保障人員的健康和安全是我們的首要工作...Carey將在週二更新復課等相關事宜。”
Jonathan Walter校長
在郵件中，Jonathan Walter校長提醒學生、教職工人員、以及學生家長：“按照政府建議, 如產生髮熱等新冠病毒相關併發症狀，需及時聯繫醫生或醫院急診科進行測試，並儘快通知學校”。
同時，“任何工作人員或學生，如曾與被診斷為COVID-19的人接觸，應自最後一次與受感染者接觸之日起，進行14天的自我隔離。”
（如果您有任何關於澳洲留學移民簽證的問題，可以給我們留言，小編會一一解答噠）
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