Roncalli is monitoring information being provided by the Ministry of Health in regard to the Coronavirus
Information of interest
The risk of an outbreak in New Zealand is currently low and Health’s current advice is that there is no specific action to be taken at this time. Just to reaffirm, there are no cases of the virus in New Zealand currently, should the situation change, as we do with other infectious diseases such as measles, mumps and influenza, we will follow our pandemic plan for managing the illness.
For those of you concerned about possible infection, the Ministry of Health has provided practical information on their website which we encourage you to read - Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) guidance – Ministry of Health website. Included in there is some advice (for travellers) to help reduce the general risk of infection:
- avoiding very close contact with people showing symptoms
- frequently washing hands
- avoiding close contact with sick live farm animals or wild animals
- practicing cough etiquette (maintain distance, cover coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or clothing, and wash hands).