The Lakes Evangelical Church

What is The Lakes doing about Swine Flu?

Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by Stewart in Administration, FAQs, Kids, Serving Options

How do we care for one another during a flu pandemic?

Cooperating with the authorities may mean that if we are aware of someone who has been diagnosed with the virus we would need to close down children’s activities for 7 days and alert parents to look for symptoms amongst their children. Please inform Stewart Kingsland if you or a member of your immediate family have been diagnosed with Swine Flu so that we can make appropriate recommendations to our ministries.

If a child and/or parent has travelled to USA, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Panama-( and possible adding the UK or even Melbourne), they should stay away from sunday school, kids biz,  and SALT for the same period they are advised to stay away from school- generally 7 days.

Mitigation measures now are:
-Request parents not to send children with respiratory tract infections or flu like illnesses to Sunday School, Kid Biz etc.
-Request people with these infections not to attend church.
-Request people to wash their hands regularly.
-Request people to follow coughing etiquette.

As the virus spreads, and it is predicted that 10-30 % of us will have it this winter.

Why not freeze some soup or meals to help those who may be ill this Winter?

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