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A girl from an Auckland primary school was told she had tested positive for coronavirus nine minutes after entering school on Monday.
The news comes as the Health Ministry moved to clear up the inconsistencies when health officials discovered that she had attended Chapel Downs Elementary School.
Stuff revealed Thursday that public health officials discovered Wednesday morning that the girl was at Chapel Downs Elementary School on Monday.
The girl and three close contacts were dropped off before school on Monday, September 14 for about 30 minutes until they were picked up around 9:00 a.m.
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The boy had no symptoms but was awaiting the results of a Covid-19 test conducted on Saturday, an ARPHS statement to Stuff on Thursday he said.
“The child left school before the children started classes for the day, further reducing the risk to the school community.”
The school was informed of the case around 2 p.m. Wednesday.
In addition, details of confirmed cases provided on the Health Ministry website say officials were notified that the girl was a potential case on Sunday, the day before visiting the school and three days before it was reported to the school.
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All students and staff at Chapel Downs have been asked to take the test.
In response to questions from Stuff, the Ministry of Health clarified some inconsistencies in the schedule.
A spokeswoman confirmed that lab tests were performed on the girl over the weekend.
The girl’s positive laboratory result occurred on Sunday, September 13 at 7:30 p.m.
It was then reviewed by ARPHS and matched to the case.
This process was completed at 8.17 am the next day and the national EpiSurv database was updated.
ARPHS informed the girl’s family of her positive result at 8.39 am, nine minutes after she was dropped off at school.
The spokesperson said the ministry wanted to reinforce the recent ARPHS comment: “ARPHS has engaged closely with the family to communicate the importance of remaining in self-isolation. The family has been cooperating with Public Health and the members have been examined and remained in isolation until this event.
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The school is closed until Monday after a girl with coronavirus was briefly on its grounds.
“Please respect the privacy of the family. It is important that during their self-isolation and recovery they receive support and understanding. “
Earlier, Principal Vaughan van Rensburg told RNZ on Friday that as soon as he received information from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS), the school informed its community.
“I can simply reconfirm to our community and reassure them as soon as we receive the information, we moved extremely fast, in minutes, to inform them of the exact situation.”
Van Rensburg told RNZ that the school community was working with ARPHS to find out what exactly happened.
All Chapel Downs students and staff were asked to take the test.
A “very small” number of people considered themselves close contacts of the girl and would isolate themselves for two weeks, ARPHS said.
“While casual contacts have a very low risk of developing Covid-19, Public Health has requested that everyone in the school be tested and watch for symptoms.”
A pop-up testing center will be operational at the school from Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Cars are lining up in pouring rain at Chapel Downs Elementary School for people to get tested for Covid-19 after a student tested positive Monday.
