新的COVID-19症状清单和阳性病例通知

亲爱的家长/监护人，

卫生局长的信息

阿尔伯塔省卫生局长Deena Hinshaw医生给家长/监护人写了一封信，解释了每日症状清单的变化-现在可在英文和法文中查看。

儿童COVID-19每日症状清单的变化

阿尔伯塔省政府已经更新了每日适用于18岁以下儿童的 COVID-19症状清单。该清单将于11月2日起生效。新的清单适用于18岁以下的儿童以及18岁以上并在高中就读的个人。

政府已将成人和儿童的清单合并，两者可在此链接中找到。

政府还更新了学生生病 - 如果学生有COVID-19症状等信息以反映这些变化。卡尔加里教育局 (CBE) 网站上的如果学生生病或有COVID-19症状页面也将更新此信息。

最大的变化是把流鼻涕和喉咙痛从核心症状清单中移除。对于需要隔离10天的学生，核心症状现在为以下之一（或多个）：

• 咳嗽
• 发烧
• 失去味觉或嗅觉
• 呼吸急促

只有当COVID-19检测为阴性、症状消失并且学生与COVID-19患者无密切接触时，学生才能在10天之前返校。

如果学生有以下其他症状之一，只要症状改善，至少已经过去24小时，就可以返回学校。

• 寒战（无发烧，与在寒冷天气外面活动无关）
• 喉咙痛或吞咽痛
• 流鼻涕或堵塞
• 感觉不适或疲劳
• 精力不足
• 恶心、呕吐和/或腹泻
• 无明显原因的食欲不振
• 肌肉或关节疼痛
• 头痛
• 结膜炎（眼睛发红）

如果孩子只有其中一个症状，并且在24小时后症状改善，无需进行检测。如果症状不改善、恶化或出现其他症状，家长应继续让孩子在家休息，直到症状消失。如果孩子有两个或更多其他症状，只要症状消失，并且症状开始至少已经过去24小时，就可以返回学校。建议但不强制进行COVID-19检测。

新的阿尔伯塔省儿童每日健康状况清单的翻译版本，以及其他反映这一变化的更新材料，已发布在alberta.ca/returntoschool网站上。

学校新的阳性病例通知程序

我们听到了家长和教职员工对我们学校中COVID-19阳性病例通知及时性的关切。对于时间安排方面，我们也非常关注，并与AHS紧密合作进行了审查。

一旦我们了解到有阳性病例，我们将向可能受到影响的家长/监护人发送通知。待AHS完成调查并向学校提供指示后，我们将发送进一步的沟通以提供必要的隔离或自我隔离指导。

感谢您的合作，帮助保持所有学生和教职员工的健康与安全。

诚挚地，

Christopher Usih
首席学校总监

​New COVID-19 Symptoms Checklist and Positive Case Communication

Dear parents/guardians,

Message from Chief Medical Officer of Health

Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw has written a letter to parents/guardians to explain changes to the daily symptoms checklist - it is now available in English and French.

Change in the daily COVID-19 symptoms checklist for children under 18

The Alberta government has updated the daily COVID-19 symptoms checklist for children under 18. It will take effect on Monday, Nov. 2. The new checklist will apply to children under 18 as well as individuals who are 18 and attending high school.

Checklists for adults and children have been combined by the government and both are available here in one link.

The government has also updated the student illness – if a student has symptoms information to reflect these changes. The If a Student is Sick or has COVID-19 Symptoms page on the CBE website will also be updated with this information.

The biggest change is that symptoms of runny nose and sore throat have been removed from the core symptoms list. The core symptoms for students that require isolation for 10 days are now one (or more) of the following:

• cough
• fever
• loss of taste or smell  
• shortness of breath

A student can return to school before 10 days ONLY if a COVID-19 test is negative, symptoms are gone AND the student is not a close contact of someone with COVID-19.

If a student has one of the following other symptoms, they can return to school if their symptom is improving, as long as it has been at least 24 hours.

• chills (without fever, not related to being outside in cold weather)
• sore throat or painful swallowing;
• runny nose or congestion;
• feeling unwell or fatigue;  
• lack of energy
• nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea
• unexplained loss of appetite;
• muscle or joint aches;
• headache; or
• conjunctivitis (pinkeye)

Testing is not necessary if the child has only ONE of these symptoms and it improves after 24 hours. If the symptom does not improve, gets worse or another symptom develops, parents should continue to keep their child home until their symptom(s) go away. If a child has TWO or more of the other symptoms, they can return to school once their symptoms go away, as long as it has been 24 hours since their symptoms started. A COVID-19 test is recommended but not required.

Translated versions of the new Alberta Health daily checklist for children under 18, as well as updates to other materials to reflect this change, are posted at alberta.ca/returntoschool.  

New Positive Case Notification Process for Schools

We have heard concerns from parents and staff about timely notification when there are positive COVID-19 cases in our schools. We were also concerned about the timelines and worked very closely with AHS to review this process.

Once we are aware of a positive case, we will send a notification to those parents/guardians who have students who may be impacted. Once AHS has completed its investigation, and provided direction to the school, further communication will be sent with quarantine or self-isolation direction if required.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping to keep all of our students and staff healthy and well.

Sincerely,

Christopher  Usih
Chief Superintendent of Schools