As you may have heard, the PM has announced that we will move as a Nation to Alert Level 1 from midnight tonight.
As promised, we are now able to detail what that means for our students, staff, classrooms and campuses.
Gone are:
Staying are:
In order to prepare spaces to better look after your health and wellbeing, different programmes are having different start dates. Your tutor will be contacting you soon to confirm what day you can return to campus.
Kia ora whānau
Life at Alert Level 2 means we can resume many of our everyday activities — but we have to do so safely.
How does that look for you on your return to our campuses? Here are a few key points:
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Today the Government has announced New Zealand will move out of Alert Level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm on Monday 27 April. We are still in Alert Level 4 until then.
Stay Home. Save Lives.
We will hold at Alert Level 3 for two weeks, before the Government reviews how we are tracking and makes further decisions on 11 May 2020.
To ensure the continued wellbeing and safety of our students and staff all Vision College campuses will remain closed during this period of Alert Level 3 (11 May 2020 at the earliest). All classes will be continuing via distance study. This may include virtual classes, online study, or study materials being sent to students.
If you are a current student and are unsure of how your class is or will be operating during Alert Level 3, please contact your tutor or email hello@vision.ac.nz for their contact details.
If you are a prospective student, please know that our enrolments are still open for our upcoming course intakes! Those courses that start during this Alert Level 3 period will be operating through distance study. The resumption of physical classes will be addressed once the Alert Level 3 ends. If you have any questions on how our courses will be operating or what studying will look like for you, please email hello@vision.ac.nz and we can provide you with the correct details.
Click Here to read the latest Tertiary Student Bulletin from the Ministry of Education.
The government has announced a support package to financially assist tertiary students whose study has been affected by Covid-19.
The Government wants to give certainty to students as soon as possible that they can continue to be engaged in their education and will be supported adequately until such time that tertiary education providers can put in place alternative ways of delivering teaching and learning.
This short-term tertiary domestic package will be available from Wednesday 15 April.
Key measures include:
These measures, together with the support the Ministry of Social Development can already give, aim to provide an immediate response to the financial impact Covid-19 is having on tertiary students.
For detailed information, visit Ministry of Education
Click Here to read the latest Tertiary Student Bulletin from the Ministry of Education.
Click Here to read the New Zealand Governments latest Welfare Fact Sheet.
Click Here to read the latest Tertiary Student Bulletin from the Ministry of Education.
Click Here to read the latest Tertiary Student Bulletin from the Ministry of Education addressing the immediate concerns being raised by tertiary students.
To all students and next of kin,
As you are probably now aware, the Government has informed the Nation that as from Thursday morning, we are all going to be in lock-down. Over the past week, we have been fine tuning our ability to deliver our programmes to our students and clients remotely. As from mid-day tomorrow (Tuesday) we will not be requiring any of our students and clients to come to the Campus for their study. Only a few of our students will need to be on site – those needing to attend have already been informed. Over following weeks we are still going to be able to deliver programmes to the students through either paper based materials or our Cloud Campus and the tutors are still available through email.
Please look after yourselves
New Zealand has twelve confirmed cases of COVID-19.
For the latest updates, information and advice on COVID-19, visit the Ministry of Health website.
The Ministry of Education have asked us to keep our communities updated about the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As you are aware the Prime Minister announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New Zealand last Friday. The Ministry of Health has noted that although we have our first case of COVID-19, the chances of community outbreak remain low. This case was identified because the person affected and their family did the right thing and got in touch with health authorities.
Today, the Ministry of Health confirmed the third case of COVID-19.
As an organisation we want to continue to reinforce messages about hygiene practices:
If you are unwell, please stay home. If you are concerned that someone is showing symptoms of fever, cough or shortness of breath, encourage them to first ring Healthline (0800 358 5453) or contact their GP by phoning ahead of their visit to explain symptoms and travel history.
People calling the Healthline number will be able to talk with a member of the National Telehealth Service and interpreters will be on hand. The number is staffed by nurses, paramedics and health advisors.
For more information visit the Ministry of Health (MOH) COVID-19 question and answers page.
If you have travelled recently, there are now two categories for travellers arriving in New Zealand:
Anyone who has travelled from or transited through any of the countries listed in both categories with clinically compatible symptoms should be considered a suspect of COVID-19 case and testing performed.
Self-isolation means avoiding situations where you could infect other people. This means all situations where you may come in contact with others, such as social gatherings, work, school, child care/pre-school centres, university, faith-based gatherings, aged care and health care facilities, prisons, sports gatherings, supermarkets, restaurants, shopping malls, and all public gatherings.
If you are a visitor to New Zealand, this means you should avoid sitting in a restaurant, participating in any type of tour group, or using public transport, including flights, buses, and trains between cities in New Zealand.
If you are unsure if you should be self-isolating, please contact Healthline for free on 0800 611 116.
Information about self-isolation has been updated.
Facebook page
The Ministry of Health now has a Facebook page: @minhealthnz. In addition to their Twitter channel [@minhealthnz], they will be using Facebook to alert people to key updates and messaging specifically about coronavirus.
Questions and answers
The Ministry has developed a novel coronavirus question and answers page. As the situation regarding novel coronavirus can evolve rapidly, the questions and answers page will be updated with the latest information.
Updated factsheet for travellers
The information for travellers arriving into New Zealand has been updated with the latest information.
What are the symptoms of 2019-nCoV?
Symptoms of 2019-nCoV are similar to a range of other illnesses such as influenza and do not necessarily mean that you have 2019-nCoV. Symptoms include fever, coughing and difficulty breathing. Difficulty breathing can be a sign of pneumonia and requires immediate medical attention. We don’t yet know how long symptoms take to show after a person has been infected, but current WHO assessments suggest that it is 2–10 days.
What do I do if I am sick right now?
If you have a fever, cough or difficulty breathing please telephone Healthline (for free) on 0800 611 116.