By Simon Clarke | Posted: Tuesday March 3, 2020
Handwashing to prevent spread
All schools and early learning services are still in the "Keep it Out" phase of a pandemic plan. The preventative measures that the Ministry of Health is encouraging schools and early learning services to practice, are those of good hygiene, which include:
The MOH asks everyone to wash their hands often and thoroughly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, making sure you dry them thoroughly. Singing Happy Birthday twice, slowly should take about 20 seconds. To assist with this messaging, there are a couple of useful videos from the National Health Service (UK) that might help teach good hand washing techniques: