Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens(COVID-19)
Summarized Guidelines on Student’s Study
February 26, 2020
National Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures (1-1)
Intervention measure
Home Isolation Home Quarantine Self-Management of Health
Subject of intervention
Contacts of confirmed cases Subject 1: Those with history of traveling to Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao
Subject 2: Those with history of traveling to South Korea
(Non-Taiwanese: from Feb. 25 Taiwanese: from Feb.27)
Subject 1: Those who are granted permission to go to China, Hong Kong and Macao
Subject 2: Reported cases screened as ‘Negative’
and conform to conditions for de-isolation Subject 3: Cases reported by community for screening and testing
Subject 4: People who came back from countries with International Travel Advisory Level 1 and Level 2
Responsible Unit
Health authorities of local government Local governments-Department of Civil Affairs/Village Head or Officer
Health authorities
Method Perform Home Isolation for 14 days Proactive monitoring twice a day
Perform Home Quarantine for 14 days Proactive monitoring once or twice a day
Perform Self-Management of Health for 14 days
Things that subjects should cooperate with
⚫ Health authorities issue ‘Home Isolation Notice’
⚫ Health authorities track subjects’ health conditions twice a day
⚫ Subjects should stay at home (or designated places) during isolation and should not go outside nor depart the country or go abroad, and should not use public transport.
⚫ Those who have symptoms should be arranged by health authorities for medical care.
⚫ Those who do not cooperate with the prevention & control measures set by Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) shall be punished according to Communicable Disease Control Act, and enforced placement may be conducted if necessary.
⚫ Governing authorities issue ‘Passenger Health Declaration and Home Quarantine Notice’.
Passengers should wear masks and return home for home quarantine.
⚫ Village Head or Officer conducts ‘Health Caring’
for 14 days by ringing and asking about subjects’
health conditions and complete ‘Health Caring Record’.
⚫ Subjects should stay at home (or designated places) during quarantine and should not go outside nor depart the country or go abroad, and should not use public transport.
⚫ Those who have symptoms shall be sent to designated medical institutions for testing, and health authorities shall join in to conduct proactive monitoring.
⚫ Those who do not cooperate with the prevention
& control measures set by CECC shall be punished according to Communicable Disease Control Act, and enforced placement may be conducted if necessary.
⚫ Those with no symptom: Avoid going to public spaces, otherwise surgical masks should be worn at all times. Practice respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette. Check body temperature twice a day (morning & night).
⚫ Those who have respiratory symptoms such as fever or cough and running nose, etc. or other discomfort: Correctly wear surgical masks and go to hospital as soon as possible. Proactively disclose history of travel and contact, and also tell doctors if people around have similar symptoms or not. Wear masks as well when returning home and avoid going outside. Keep proper distance when talking to others.
⚫ Subject 3: Those who have been screened, tested, and have received the testing results should stay at home and avoid going outside.
Mechanisms for tracking and managing those who are vulnerable to infection
Data updated on 2020/02/24 19:00
Feb. 11-13 Feb. 14-19 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Mainland China,
Hong Kong, and Macao
HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ HQ
Singapore SHM SHM SHM SHM SHM SHM SMH SMH SMH
Thailand SHM SHM SHM SHM SHM SHM SMH SMH SMH
Japan SHM SHM SHM SHM SHM SMH SMH SMH
South Korea SHM SHM SHM SHM SMH Citizen:
SMH Foreign:
HQ
Citizen:
SMH Foreign:
HQ
Italy SHM SMH SMH SMH
Iran SHM SMH SMH SMH
National Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures (1-2)
HQ: Home Quarantine
SMH: Self-Management of Health SHM: Self-Health Management (TMU)
International Travel Advisory-Epidemic Warning Level for COVID- 19 (Wuhan Pneumonia) for people who are planning to go
overseas to arrange their travel itinerary
Level 1
Watch
Thailand
People are reminded to follow the local general prevention measures .
Level 2
Alert
Singapore, Japan, Italy and Iran
Reinforce protection measures when visiting
these regions
Level 3
Warning
China, Hong Kong, Macao and Korea
Avoid all nonessential
traveling to these regions
This form will subject to change according to CDC.
National Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures (2)
Facing COVID-19 (Wuhan Pneumonia)
What can I do to
support epidemic prevention & control
Keep these habits in daily life -
Check body temperature, wash hands frequently with soap Reduce contact with eyes, nose and mouth
Avoid going to crowded public places
If fever, cough or acute respiratory symptoms develop - Be sure to rest at home and do not go to public places.
If you need to go outside, for example: going to hospital - Be sure to wear masks and wash hands frequently with soap
and properly dispose of mouse or nasal secretions.
Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) Cares about You.
Scan the QR Code for latest information about COVID-19 (Wuhan Pneumonia) Epidemic
◆
Special site for ‘Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens’ at CDC’s World Wide Web
◆
Search ‘CDC Taiwan’ on YouTube for daily uploaded live epidemic press conference videos
Go to hospital only when symptoms develop
Proactively tell doctors your history of travel, occupation, contact and cluster (TOCC)
Let doctors determine if screening test is needed or not, according to professional judgment.
Starting from Feb. 27, Taiwanese people
returning from China, Hong Kong, Macao and Korea should follow the requirements of home quarantine for 14 days.
Severe punishments shall apply to violations.
Penalties can be up to NT$1,000,000
Follow epidemic prevention measures·Protect yourself and others
Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC
)2020/02/25
Those who have contacted confirmed cases should follow the requirements of home isolation for 14 days.
Severe punishments shall apply to violations.
Penalties can be up to NT$1,000,000
National Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures (3-1)
◆ Keep distance with those who are under home isolation/quarantine for at least one meter and reduce contact (for example: eat at the same table).
◆ Try to wear masks at all times.
◆ Wash hands frequently with soap. Wash hands before contacting eyes, mouth and nose.
◆ If uncomfortable symptoms develop, immediately notify the contact person specified on the ‘Home
Isolation/Quarantine Notice’, local health authorities, or dial 1922 and follow
instructions to go to hospital.
National Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures (3-2)
My roommate is under
home isolation/home quarantine
What should I do?
◆ Wear masks at all times. Stay home and should not go outside.
◆ Keep distance with roommates for at least one meter and reduce contact (for example, eat at the same table)
◆ Keep masks on when coughing or sneezing; or cover mouth and nose with tissues. Wash hands with soap if you contact with respiratory secretions.
◆ Check body temperature twice daily (morning &
evening). Precisely record the body temperatures and health status, and report the records to responsible personnel.
◆ If uncomfortable symptoms develop, immediately notify the contact person specified on the ‘Home
Isolation/Quarantine Notice’, local health authorities, or dial 1922 and follow instructions to go to hospital. It is prohibited to use public transport to go to hospital.
National Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures (3-3)
I am under
Home isolation/quarantine
What should I do?
Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures on Campus (1-1)
Establishment & Task Allocation of Epidemic Prevention Team 1. Coordinator: the President 2. Measures are to be implemented according to this project
Administrative Strategy
1.Epidemic status analysis/
Health education promotion 2.Self-protection measures for
staff and students
3.Reporting procedures in school 4.Measures for
Self-Management of Health 5.Management of contractors
and external personnel
1.Complete ‘TMU Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens Epidemic Prevention Questionnaire’ for the screening of subjects vulnerable to infection.
2. Those with history of travel to Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and South Korea within the past 2 weeks should perform home quarantine; those with history of travel to countries belonging to Travel Advisory Levels 1 & 2 (currently including：
Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Italy) should perform Self-Management of Health; those with contact with confirmed cases should perform home isolation.
3. Practice frequent handwashing with soap, wearing masks on proper occasions, balanced diet & enough sleep, allowing air to circulate and maintaining environmental hygiene.
4. Those with respiratory symptoms should wear masks at all times and take notice of cough etiquette.
5. It’s prohibited to go to regions of Travel Advisory Level 3. Avoid going to countries of Travel Advisory Level 1 & 2 if not needed.
Faculty & Staff and Students Perform Self-Management of Health
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continued on next page If subjects of point 2 (on the left column) have
Influenza-like symptoms (such as temperature≧38℃,
cough and fatigue, etc.)
The hospital reports the case to the Department of Health and notifies the school
Suspected case or confirmed case
Continued from previous page
1. The case accepts isolation and treatment according to medical recommendations.
2. Report the case to Campus Security Report Office, Ministry of Education. The school activates epidemic prevention & control mechanism and task allocation, and convenes meetings of Crisis Response Team 3. Sanitize the case’s residence and school or where the
case stayed
4. Announcement made by a single spokesperson
Note： Collaborative procedure
1. Tracking and management of infected cases
2. Tracking and management of contacts on campus
3. Promote education on prevention 1. Contact Health Section
2. Handling the case with the Department of Health
Report the case to related units of the school;
assist the case in getting medical care;
proactively disclose history of travel & contact and accept the screening
1. Deal with the case in the same way as general cases
2. Follow medical instructions to accept treatment or rest at home
Not COVID-19
Continued from previous page
Faculty &Staff and Students perform Self- Management of Health
Epidemic Prevention & Control Measures
on Campus (1-2)
Epidemic Reporting Procedure (1)
◼ Survey of infection risk and health status
1.Survey of faculty & staff and students’ TOCC and health status (every individual is required to complete Epidemic Prevention Questionnaire)
2.Track faculty & staff’s health status on a daily basis (Epidemic Prevention Contact Person of Level 1 & 2 Units (一、二級單位防 疫窗口) should send the results back on a daily basis)
3.Track students’ health status on a daily basis(Class Rep of Student
Affairs [學務股長] reports real-time list of class students who feel
unwell after school starts, which shall be transferred to Office of
Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety by Campus
Security Report Office)
Epidemic Reporting Procedure (2)
Cases are to be reported to Campus Security Office outside office hours
Taiwanese students
International students
(including Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao)
Faculty and staff
(including research assistants)
Contractors Conforming to
clinical and epidemiological
conditions
Office of Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety
886-2-2736- 1661 #2252
◼ Reporting procedure for suspected cases in school
General Services Section, Office of General Affairs
886-2-2736-1661 #2310 Office of Environmental Protection and
Occupational Safety 886-2-2736-1661 #2252 Office of Global
Engagement
886-2-2736-1661 #2709
Campus Security Office
886-2-2736-1100
Flexible Study Measures
◼ In order to ensure students’ study quality, flexible study measures are provided for students affected by the epidemic reasons (e.g. travel ban, home quarantine, or home isolation):
⚫ For all courses allowing online study, course teachers will record course content (PowerCam) and upload it to MY2TMU platform for students to study online through synchronized or non-synchronized distance learning, or by teaching modules such as using videos and Real-Time discussion/interaction, etc. to continue study.
⚫ For laboratories, seminars, service learning, physical education, practicums, etc., content of study should be adjusted based on the situation and substitution programs should be provided.
⚫ If students have special needs to take courses in closer schools, the school can grant approvals based on case’s situation, which shall not be restricted by related regulations on inter-university courses (exclusively for domestic university/college courses, not including local schools in other countries)
Please inquire course related units directly about Flexible Study Measures
for each course or refer to course syllabus or MY2TMU platform
School’s Class Suspension Principle
Individual student
⚫ Under Self-Management of Health: should avoid attending school for 14 days, otherwise surgical masks should be worn at all times.
⚫ Under home quarantine/isolation: suspend class for 14 days
⚫ Be a confirmed case: should undergo enforced isolation in medical institutes until recovery, then come back to school for study and practicums.
Course suspended
If a teacher conforms to the conditions mentioned in the above situation, his/her course(s) should be suspended for 14 days.
Entire class suspended
If there is one or more than one possibly infected case or confirmed case in a class, the entire class should be suspended for at least 14 days.
Entire school suspended
If there are 2 or more than 2 teachers/students confirmed to be infected, the entire school should be suspended for at least 14 days.
Principle and Announcement of
Suspending/Resuming/Making up Classes (1)
In the event of class suspension/resumption/make-up, Office of Academic Affairs shall announce the news on notice boards of the school and Office of Academic
Affairs as well as MY2TMU platform, and shall notify students via email.
Principle and Announcement of
Suspending/Resuming/Making up Classes (2)
Regions of Travel Advisory
Level 2 and Level 3
Prohibit the traveling or transfer
Regions of Travel Advisory
Level 1
The school’s permission is needed for the traveling
Epidemic Status:
Level 4 to Level 2
Attend as usual
Epidemic Status:
Level 1 Adjust practicums; reduce contacts; improve protective measures; stop highly vulnerable internship course
On occasions listed on the right, practicums should be
suspended
1. Cluster infection found in institutes for internship 2. Overload in institutes for internship
3. Specific epidemic related symptoms occur in teachers or students
4. Both institutes for internship and the school are not able to provide students with sufficient protective equipment
5. Practicums may cause cross infection among hospitals
6. Institutes for internship consider that novice students should be withdrawn from clinical settings to reduce their teaching loading.
7. Students are too panicked to participate in internship and the situation does not improve after psychological counseling.
※ For details please refer to the school’s epidemic prevention website
Principle of overseas internship suspension
Principle of off-campus internship suspension
Students’ Performance Assessment
Epidemic-prevention status Flexible Assessment
Failure of entry into Taiwan/Under medical treatment for confirmed infection
⚫ Office of Academic Affairs shall provide list of those who fail to return to Taiwan or under medical treatment for confirmed infection to courses providing units and the students’
departments.
⚫ If students are not able to participate in the entire courses or all assessments, teachers of the courses may adjust the performance assessment methods depending on the attributes of the courses.
Self-Management of
Health/Home Quarantine for 14 days
⚫ Office of Academic Affairs shall provide list of those who conform to regulations on epidemic prevention leave to courses providing units and the students’ departments.
⚫ The student’s performance can be assessed with make-up exams or other make-up measures.
Results of make-up exams shall be calculated
according to actual scores.
New Graduate - Graduation Thresholds
Graduation
Thresholds Measures on Course Study
Physical education
Choose self-learning courses for physical education
⚫ Drop the preselected course through the function of course add/drop of Academic Affairs Information System
⚫ Register at the website of Physical Education Self-Learning before 2020.03.10, and Office of Physical Education Affairs shall allocate courses for all applicants.
⚫ Courses for 2 or more than 2 semesters: Besides choosing one of the above- mentioned self-learning courses, apply for another physical education during the final correction period 2020.03.19～25 and complete the registration according to the flexible teaching methods offered by the teacher of the course you choose.
Foreign Language Certification
⚫ Language Center shall assist in adding ‘0 credit-Advanced (II)’ and ‘0 credit-Advanced English (IV)’ to your course registration based on the list provided by Office of
Academic Affairs
⚫ Study method is announced on the course’s My2TMU. Students shall complete the course accordingly.
⚫ If you pass the two courses after Language Center checks your overall scores of the term, you pass the foreign language certification.
⚫ Those who entered the school before and in 2014 should also choose the‘2 credits- English or Second Foreign Language Proficiency Certification’ course to obtain the certification credit.
◼ Subject：New graduates who fail to return to Taiwan for the study of Spring Semester 2020
due to epidemic prevention reasons
Guidelines for Dealing with Students Activities
Epidemic Status Benchmark for
Class Suspension Club Activities Number of participants/Activity
recommendations Basis of reference
Current Status From Mar. 2 Back to school
Activities run as usual
Required to fill out and report via:
Activity Status Reply
& Report Platform
1. Control the number of participants to be under 50 2.Small-scale club activities can run
as usual.
3.It’s recommended to suspend or postpone indoor activities with more than 50 participants.
4.It’s recommended to hold activities with more than 50 participants in outdoor space.
1.TMU Guidelines for coordinating students activities/workshops in response to epidemics 2.Governments’s epidemic
prevention & control regulations
(please refer to attached files)
Community- acquired infection
stage being confirmed
School runs as
usual All canceled Activities stopped
One confirmed case The course
suspended All canceled Activities stopped
Two and more than two confirmed cases
Suspend classes for
the entire school All canceled Activities stopped
Guidelines for Coordinating Students Activities
Before activities
• Risk Assessment
• Health education for personnel
• Self health management
• Prepare epidemic prevention goods
During activities
• Take body temperature
• Sanitize hands
• Keep air flow
After activities
Upload participants list
Register prior to activities Activity Status Reply &
Report Platform
(Newly established)
Xing-Chun Auditorium
Suspend interscholastic activities
Club Office Access
Correctly record access information
Workshop Activities
Control the number of participants to be under 50
• Set up temperature monitoring station for activities inside schools
• Participants prepare masks for themselves
• Sanitize hands
Those with no fever but respiratory symptoms should
wear masks
• Sanitize hands before entry
• Avoid staying too long
• Send access record back before Friday
• Arrange seating in a crisscross way
• Promote basic epidemic prevention measures
• Those not feeling well should avoid participating
Guidelines for Mushan Dormitory Access Control
37.5
Resident
• With history of travel & contact
• Report & Request for help
Non-resident
No entry
Visitors Entry Declined
When
community-acquired infection occurs
• Requisition and modify into Isolation Dorm
• Settle-at-ease Dorm
School Suspended
Take body temperature Sanitize hands
Isolation Dorm
Used to place contacts of confirmed cases
Settle-at-ease Dorm
Used to place those need not to be isolated but cannot
return home
Dorm residents are requested to assist in and cooperate with the moving
Suspension of teaching/studying
Number of confirmed cases: 1
Number of confirmed cases: 2 and more
Class suspension in
school (on campus)
Guidelines for Student’s Leave due to Epidemics
Those who were notified of home quarantine and
home isolation up to 14 days
Epidemic Prevention Leave
Flight E-ticket Notice from health
authorities Proof Document
People with history of travel to China, Hong Kong, Macao
And South Korea
Non-Taiwanese: from Feb. 25 Taiwanese: from Feb.27
Home Quarantine
Contacts of confirmed cases Home Isolation
People who came back from countries of Travel Advisory
Level 1/Level 2
Self-Management of Health
• Take the temperature in the morning & evening
• Accept ‘Health Caring’
• Be regulated by various levels of control
mechanisms and epidemic prevention & control regulations
During Epidemic prevention Leave
Approval Criteria Epidemic Prevention
Leave
Environmental Disinfection Measures
◼ The daily routine environmental disinfection measures are as followed:
Epidemic Prevention & Control
Level Level 2A (currently) Level 2B Level 1
Classroom door knobs, stairs handrails,
elevator buttons 3 times/day 5 times/day 5 times/day
Classroom desks/chairs/floors once/week once/day Classes suspended
Public meeting room microphone/table
surface once/day Sanitizing right after
using Sanitizing right after using
Indoor floors once/week twice/week twice/week
Shuttle Bus/Classroom microphone once/day twice/day Consider suspension
B1 Canteen and Mr. J floors/table
surfaces twice/day 3 times/day
3 times/day
Encourage takeaway; set limits for the number of
people eating inside B1 Canteen tableware Collected after using once and cleaned & sanitized by professional cleaning
providers. Encourage the use of one’s own cutlery.
Mr. J tableware Cleaned & sanitized in dishwasher with special detergent and sanitizer after using.
◼ Complete the disinfection of public areas, classrooms (inside) and B1 canteen before Feb.27
