I\u2019m writing to let you know that a person with COVID-19 was on our school site while infectious.<\/p>\n
Number of new confirmed Staff Cases:<\/strong> 0 Date positive case\/s reported:<\/strong> Monday 28th March 2022 If you are not experiencing COVID-19 symptoms you can continue to attend school, but you should monitor for symptoms. If you show symptoms of COVID-19, you cannot attend school and should get tested immediately and isolate until you receive a negative result. If you return a positive result, you have COVID-19, and you must: Reporting your positive test Financial support available to people affected by COVID-19: If you need a payment during coronavirus (COVID-19) – Getting help during coronavirus (COVID-19) – Services Australia<\/p>\n General advice and support Advice and further resources about what to do if you test positive to COVID-19, or you have been told you are a contact, are at: Your COVID Checklist | Coronavirus Victoria, or call the 24\/7 Coronavirus hotline on: 1800 675 398<\/p>\n Thank you for your cooperation.<\/p>\n Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n Cass Walters<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Vern Hilditch<\/strong> I\u2019m writing to let you know that a person with COVID-19 was on our school site while infectious. Number of new confirmed Staff Cases: 0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35141"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35440,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35141\/revisions\/35440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wssc.vic.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNumber of new confirmed Student Cases:<\/strong> 5<\/p>\n
\nDate positive case\/s last attended WSSC:<\/strong> Friday 25th March 2022<\/p>\nWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n
\nStaff and students should continue with twice-a-week rapid antigen testing on school days.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Quarantine for seven days
\n\u2022 Advise the school about the positive result
\n\u2022 Stay home until your symptoms have resolved and you are well
\n\u2022 Everyone in your household is a close contact and must isolate for 7 days.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Follow the Checklist for COVID contacts or the Checklist for COVID cases (as is appropriate to your situation)
\n\u2022 Inform the school (0260 437 500)
\n\u2022 Not attend school for 7 days (from the positive test date). Not to return until all symptoms have gone.
\n\u2022 Reporting Results
\no Students You must also report your positive result to the Department of Health via the COVID-19 Positive Rapid Antigen Test Self-Reporting Form (The form can be found here: COVID-19 Positive Rapid Antigen Test Self-Reporting Form \u00b7 Department of Health Portal (powerappsportals.com)) or call centre on 1800 675 398.
\no Staff Request personal leave via EduPay<\/p>\n
\nFor more information, visit: Financial and other support for COVID-19 | Coronavirus Victoria<\/p>\n
\nFor general advice and support please call the Department of Education and Training COVID-19 hotline. The number is 1800 338 663.<\/p>\n
\nCampus Principal<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Executive Principal<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"