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‘Covid-19: the kids are fine’ By NICK KRAUSE
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rmiston Junior College has been mentioned in an announcement regarding a third case of the deadly coronavirus Covid-19. Media have reported that the Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield confirmed that the third case was a man in Auckland in his 40s. “He has close family members who have returned to New Zealand after spending time in Iran recently,” the NZH Online reported.
Bloomfield said two schools, where some of the family have had contact, have been notified. They are Auckland Grammar and Ormiston Junior College. The case was reported to the Ministry at 6pm last Wednesday. However he said the chance of wide-spread community outbreak remains low. NZH reported: “Bloomfield said the man does not require hospitallevel care, and is in self-isolation. “The man’s family remains in self-isolation too. The man’s part-
ner, who has been unwell, is also being tested. The man himself has not travelled to Iran – but his family did. The family was on flight QR 0920 from Doha to Auckland.” The Ministry is urging anyone on that flight to contact Health Line 0800 358 5453. Katrina Casey, Deputy Secretary, Sector Enablement and Support at the Ministry of Education, told the Times that it was important to note that while family members have been confirmed with the virus, in
all cases the children have now been away from school for several days, continue to be well and show no symptoms of COVID-19 “The safety and wellbeing of all our students and staff is a priority for all in education,” Casey said. “We have been and will continue to work closely with the Ministry of Health, in this case the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) to support the four schools that last week were identified as having connections to four students who were close contacts
of people confirmed (with) having COVID-19. “In each case the ARPHS prepared advice for principals to send to parents when the announcement was made. With the support of ARPHS, we continue to provide information and other support to the schools. The nature of information and support to schools will vary depending on how close their connection is to confirmed cases of COVID-19.” Ormiston Junior College did not respond to Times requests for comment.
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