Dear Parents,
We write once more with an update in the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus.
Yesterday evening the Singapore Government updated its advice regarding family members or visitors to Singapore from Hubei Province (Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province). Specifically, they are now requiring anyone who has had a visitor or family member in their household from Hubei Province only to also put themselves on a 14-day Leave of Absence. The College is following this new directive.
Please note that this does not include all visitors or family from mainland China – only those from Hubei Province.
The Government requires us to gather information in one place for contact tracing. We have therefore created a new survey to identify those members of our community who should be on a Leave of Absence. This is not a compulsory survey for all, but must be completed by the following members of our community:
- Those students and staff who have travelled to China themselves (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) since 14 January (acknowledging, with apologies, that many of you have already filled out the previous form)
- Those students and staff who have had family members or friends staying with them after 14 January who returned or visited from Hubei Province
Anyone who falls into either of these categories must complete this new survey by tomorrow, Friday, 31 January at 5pm and must be on the 14-day Leave of Absence. We apologise for the inconvenience caused if you have already filled out the previous form shared, and thank you for your support.
We have also taken the following additional actions and decisions:
- There will be no non-essential visitors who are not members of our community allowed on campus; all essential visitors must complete a travel and health declaration and temperature check before admission to the campus
- Any major activities or services involving non-UWCSEA community members that are taking place on campus between 3 and 17 February are being cancelled or postponed
- Any activities or services involving sending our students off-campus between now and 17 February will be cancelled or postponed
- We are cancelling all upcoming SEASAC events between now and 17 February. If your child is involved in SEASAC, you will hear details directly from the organiser.
- The East Invitational Gymnastics Programme scheduled for 22 February will be rescheduled to May.
We will share details about events scheduled after 17 February in due course, based on information as it becomes available.
Further details of specific actions being taken in the various school sections and the Boarding House can be found on our Health Advisory site, the central point of information and updates from the College. You can also contact us with specific questions on healthadvisory@uwcsea.edu.sg. We will continue to keep you updated via email along with updating the Health Advisory site.
We remind the community to focus on following practical guidelines for hygiene and disease prevention, to seek medical attention if unwell, and ask you to work with us to support the health and wellbeing of everyone on our campuses. We also remind parents that we expect you to take and record your child(ren)’s temperature before they come to school each day.
Mr Lawrence Wong, who co-chairs the multi-ministry task force set up to counter the virus in Singapore, said, “These are not ordinary times. This is a very fluid and rapidly evolving situation. The key is not what we do at any point in time, but how swiftly we adjust our plans and actions.”
We appreciate our community supporting us as we respond to the situation and will continue to keep you updated on developments.
Warm regards,
Elizabeth Bray, Head of UWCSEA Dover
Graham Silverthorne, Head of UWCSEA East
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亲爱的家长：
您好，由于冠状病毒的迅速扩展，我们需要就学院的最新应对措施向您进行说明并希望您根据内容帮助我们完成相应的要求。
昨天晚上，新加坡政府改变了有关从湖北省（武汉市是湖北省省会）到新加坡的家庭或来访者的隔离建议。具体来说，新加坡政府要求所有家里有从湖北来访的客人的家庭中的所有成员必须强制申请14天缺席假（ Leave of Absence）。学院也必须遵循这一新的指令。
请注意这仅仅指来自湖北省的访客或家庭而非所有来自中国大陆的访客或家庭。
新加坡政府要求我们收集相关信息并对所有相关人员进行追踪。因此，我们创建了一个新的调查表格，以帮助我们了解我们UWC社区中应该请假并自动隔离的人员。这不是针对所有人的强制性的调查，但是如果您是以下成员，请您务必完成并在线上呈交调查表格：
1）自2020年1月14日以后前往中国（不包括香港与澳门）的学生和教职员工。（很抱歉，您们中许多人可能已经填写了先前的表格，但还需要请您再填写一次，以便政府查询）
2）自2020年1月14日以后有同住的来自湖北或曾经到访湖北的家人或访客。
请属于这两个类别的所有人务必在2020年1月31日，星期五下午5点之前点击这儿完成这项新的调查，并且在家自我隔离14天。如果您已经填写了之前的表格，请麻烦您再次填写，不便之处我们深表歉意，并感谢您对我们的大力支持。
同时，学院还采取了以下措施来保证社区成员的健康：
1）除非必要，禁止未注册的非社区成员进入校园。
2）所有必须进入或已注册的访客都必须填写旅行和健康声明。
3）我们将取消所有涉及外部社区或团体的校园活动。
4）2月3日到17日举行的所有包括非UWCSEA成员的活动将被取消或延迟。
如您想了解有关学院各部门及寄宿部门采取的具体措施及详细信息，请点击这儿访问我们的健康咨询网站。您也可以在该网站中了解到学院就防范措施的最新信息。同时，我们也还会继续通过电子邮件同步更新。
我们也提醒UWC社区成员注意遵循卫生和疾病预防的使用准则。如有身体不适，请及早寻求医疗帮助。让我们共同努力，保护UWC社区中每位成员的健康与福祉。同时，我们也提醒父母们，希望你们每天上学前都要提醒孩子量好体温。
负责对抗病毒袭击的新加坡卫生部跨部门抗炎工作小组共同主席黄循财先生说：“这是一个非常时期，也正处在非常不稳定和迅速变化的状态，关键不在于我们今天或明天要做什么，而是在于迅速反应并调整计划和行动。”
感谢UWCSEA社区所有成员对我们的支持，我们将继续为您提供有关学院对于冠状病毒应对措施的最新进展。
祝
顺利平安！
