Nearly 50 staff members confirmed COVID-19 after a day at Rangiora High School, a high school in north Canterbury, were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 and the school was forced to close classes after a day at Rangiora High School, a high school in north Canterbury.
Rangiora High School, a 30-minute drive north of the city, announced on its Facebook Sunday morning that it was closing its school today. In the last few days, about 39 teachers, as well as 10 support staff, have been infected with covid-19. "We were really disappointed. "We were excited about the start of the new school year, but we had to close the next day," said school principal Bruce Kearney. ”
Nearly one-third of the more than 120 teachers couldn't be contacted, Kearney said. He added that it was "very certain" that the outbreak originated from Teachers' Day in schools. He told ** this morning: We seem to have experienced a super-spreader incident. "Throughout 2022, Rangiora High School remained open while other schools across the country were forced to close.
Our philosophy is to stay open during the pandemic to ensure that children have the opportunity to go to school. There have been no reports of 1,750 students infected with COVID-19, but he added that schools are rarely able to know these details anymore. "The rule is that if you don't feel well for any reason, stay home until you feel better, so we're getting sick ** from the kids.
They can get sick for any reason. "Schools will be closed today, with a holiday on Tuesday for Waitangi Day and classes likely to resume on Wednesday. If a school employee breaks out of gastroenteritis, he said, the school will face the same situation. Has New Zealand's COVID-19 summer wave peaked? The outbreak comes as New Zealand is dealing with a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections. Recent monitoring by the ESR shows that the national average for viruses detected at sewage treatment plants remains high, although there is a large variation from week to week.
On January 14, an average of 4.61 million virus samples were detected per day, a sharp drop from 8.59 million the previous week, but still four times the level reported six months ago. In the week ending 28 January, the New Zealand Ministry of Health reported 258 people hospitalised with COVID-19 and another 20 deaths, bringing the total number since the start of the outbreak to 3,768. Last week, 5,757 people reported testing positive for the coronavirus. Of these, 3,609 were reinfected and 50 were reinfected in the past 90 days. The current national COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit (RAT) will run out in February, and whether you will pay more is a question mark.
But New Zealand's health minister, Shane Reti, said on Wednesday that Health NZ would buy another 5 million copies for free distribution, which would last until at least the end of June. These free test kits will be available through an established national network of distributors** made up of health care providers and some pharmacies. After this, he will listen to their advice on whether RAT test kits will be funded, noting that many other countries no longer have widespread free COVID-19 testing. "This will ensure that New Zealand continues to have an adequate stock of tests heading into winter," Reti said. ”