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NSW Government Schools Ordered To Stop Overseas Trips For Coronavirus
조회 수 62 추천 수 0 2020.07.04 11:24:55Schools have been told to cancel or delay any upcoming overseas excursions as the number of confirmed cases from the deadly coronavirus outbreak in Australia grows.
The New South Wales government has banned government schools from going ahead with with overseas trips planned for term one, which ends on April 13.
'The health and wellbeing of students and staff are always the department's highest priorities,' a NSW Department of Education spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
'Therefore, in the current COVID-19 environment, all overseas excursions in Term 1 are on hold until further notice.
NSW government schools have put all overseas excursions in Term 1 on hold after the outbreak of the coronavirus (stock image)
'Schools have been asked, if possible, to reschedule planned overseas travel until later in the year.
'If a school believes it has exceptional circumstances to proceed with an overseas excursion, the department will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis.'
The NSW government is working closely with private schools that have international excursions planned.
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The ban on overseas school trips comes as NSW health authorities confirmed the first cases of person-to-person coronavirus within Australia.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Monday afternoon said three new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in NSW, taking the state's total to nine.
A young boy wearing a protective face mask in Brisbane International Airport in January. Health authorities confirmed the first cases of person-to-person coronavirus within Australia on Monday
Two of the new cases had a 'high likelihood of transmission in NSW', the health minister told reporters.
One of the cases was the sister of a man who had returned from Iran with the disease, while the second locally-acquired case was a 53-year-old male doctor who hadn't traveled for many months.
The three patients are recovering in Sydney's Westmead Hospital.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said all emergency departments must prepare themselves for a potential coronavirus pandemic.
'We are open to exploring many different models to ensure that we have improved access for people through respiratory clinics, to relieve some of the burden on our emergency partners who we know will be quite stressed,' she said, as reported by the ABC.
Ms Chant said the safety of front line health care workers is a priority.
'We must keep our health care workers protected, they are at the front line and the nature of their exposure to clients and patents in giving care is much closer and prolonged so they are a priority for us to protect,' she said.
NSW Health are also urging passengers on Qatar Airways Flight QR908 from Doha to Sydney on February 23 to check themselves after a woman in 50s who was on the flight was confirmed to have the disease.
Australia has also confirmed its first community infection, which is where the disease was passed from an infected person to a new patient from inside the country.
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The New South Wales government has banned government schools from going ahead with with overseas trips planned for term one, which ends on April 13.
'The health and wellbeing of students and staff are always the department's highest priorities,' a NSW Department of Education spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
'Therefore, in the current COVID-19 environment, all overseas excursions in Term 1 are on hold until further notice.
NSW government schools have put all overseas excursions in Term 1 on hold after the outbreak of the coronavirus (stock image)
'Schools have been asked, if possible, to reschedule planned overseas travel until later in the year.
'If a school believes it has exceptional circumstances to proceed with an overseas excursion, the department will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis.'
The NSW government is working closely with private schools that have international excursions planned.
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Share There are more than 2,200 government schools and 500 independent schools across NSW.
The ban on overseas school trips comes as NSW health authorities confirmed the first cases of person-to-person coronavirus within Australia.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Monday afternoon said three new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in NSW, taking the state's total to nine.
A young boy wearing a protective face mask in Brisbane International Airport in January. Health authorities confirmed the first cases of person-to-person coronavirus within Australia on Monday
Two of the new cases had a 'high likelihood of transmission in NSW', the health minister told reporters.
One of the cases was the sister of a man who had returned from Iran with the disease, while the second locally-acquired case was a 53-year-old male doctor who hadn't traveled for many months.
The three patients are recovering in Sydney's Westmead Hospital.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said all emergency departments must prepare themselves for a potential coronavirus pandemic.
'We are open to exploring many different models to ensure that we have improved access for people through respiratory clinics, to relieve some of the burden on our emergency partners who we know will be quite stressed,' she said, as reported by the ABC.
Ms Chant said the safety of front line health care workers is a priority.
'We must keep our health care workers protected, they are at the front line and the nature of their exposure to clients and patents in giving care is much closer and prolonged so they are a priority for us to protect,' she said.
NSW Health are also urging passengers on Qatar Airways Flight QR908 from Doha to Sydney on February 23 to check themselves after a woman in 50s who was on the flight was confirmed to have the disease.
Australia has also confirmed its first community infection, which is where the disease was passed from an infected person to a new patient from inside the country.
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