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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Please scroll down for English version</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Liebe Studierende der WU,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">die Sicherheit und Gesundheit aller WU-Angehörigen ist uns ein großes Anliegen und es ist daher selbstverständlich, dass wir die Entwicklungen im Zusammenhang
mit dem nun auch in Europa zunehmend auftretenden Coronavirus (COVID-19) genau verfolgen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Unser Bestreben ist es hierbei, ein höchstes Ausmaß an Vorsicht walten zu lassen und alle verfügbaren Informationen weiterzugeben, dabei aber gleichzeitig auch
möglichst rational und unaufgeregt mit der Situation umzugehen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Die WU folgt hierbei den Anweisungen und Empfehlungen der österreichischen Behörden und der Weltgesundheitsorganisation. Auf dieser Grundlage bitten wir um
besondere <b>Berücksichtigung folgender Hinweise</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> Bei
<b>kürzlich erfolgten Aufenthalten</b> in <b>Gebieten mit erhöhtem Infektionsrisiko</b> (siehe Reisewarnungen des
</span><a href="https://www.bmeia.gv.at/reise-aufenthalt/reisewarnungen/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Außenministeriums</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">)
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">oder
<b>bei engem Kontakt mit einem bestätigten Corona-Fall</b> <b>Patienten</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nehmen Sie bitte
<b>während der ersten 14 Tage nach Rückkehr</b> aus diesen Gebieten bzw. <b>nach engem Kontakt</b> mit einem bestätigten Corona-Fall Patienten
<b>nicht an Lehrveranstaltungen teil</b>. Sie werden darüber hinaus ersucht ihre sozialen Kontakte freiwillig stark zu reduzieren.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">II) Allgemein bei Auftreten von typischen Symptomen wie Fieber, Husten, Atembeschwerden</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Bleiben Sie bitte zu Hause</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> und kontaktieren Sie die
<b>Gesundheitshotline 1450</b> zur Klärung Ihrer gesundheitlichen Situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sollte eine dieser beiden Situationen auf Sie zutreffen und Sie dadurch LV-Einheiten versäumen,
<b>melden Sie sich bitte umgehend und rechtzeitig</b> (d.h. vor den jeweiligen LV-Einheiten) bei den betreffenden Lehrveranstaltungsleiter/inne/n mit entsprechend nachvollziehbarer Glaubhaftmachung des Grundes Ihrer Abwesenheit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In diesen Fällen erfolgt bei prüfungsimmanenten Lehrveranstaltung keine Abmeldung von der Lehrveranstaltung. Über allfällige Ersatzleistungen für die Dauer Ihrer Abwesenheit informiert Sie die/der
Lehrveranstaltungsleiter/in.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">III) Alle Studierende bitten wir weiterhin die allgemeinen Hygienemaßnahmen zur Vorbeugung zu beachten:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Waschen Sie Ihre Hände regelmäßig und gründlich.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Bedecken Sie Mund und Nase mit einem Papiertaschentuch (nicht mit den Händen), wenn Sie husten oder niesen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Vermeiden Sie direkten Kontakt zu erkrankten Menschen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Information ist wichtig – halten Sie sich daher selbst auf dem Laufenden und nutzen Sie hierzu offizielle und verlässliche Webseiten:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Neuartiges-Coronavirus-(2019-nCov).html"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">https://www.sozialministerium.at/Informationen-zum-Coronavirus/Neuartiges-Coronavirus-(2019-nCov).html</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Wichtig ist es jetzt insbesondere durch entsprechende Präventionsmaßnahmen eine Ausbreitung des Coronavirus möglichst einzudämmen. Sollten weitere Maßnahmen
erforderlich werden, informieren wir Sie natürlich umgehend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Viele liebe Grüße</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Margarethe Rammerstorfer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The health and safety of our WU community is of utmost importance to us and we are continuing to monitor all developments related to the Corona
virus (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">COVID-19</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">) closely, as it is now also occurring increasingly
in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">While exercising the greatest degree of caution and passing on all available information, we also want to deal with the situation as rationally and
calmly as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WU is complying with all instructions and recommendations issued by the Austrian authorities and the World Health Organization. Based on these guidelines,
we ask that you take special note of the following:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Students who have recently stayed in areas with an increased risk of infection</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">(see
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</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Federal Ministry for European and International
Affairs</span></u></span></a> – link in German) </span><span lang="EN-US">or </span>
<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">who have been in close proximity to a confirmed Corona case
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<b>do not attend any courses during the first 14 days after returning</b> from these areas or
<b>after you have been in close proximity to a confirmed Corona case</b>. Moreover, we ask you not to visit any public areas and to voluntarily reduce your social contacts to the absolute minimum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Should you have to miss classes for the reasons mentioned above,
<b>please contact the relevant course instructors immediately (i.e. before the start of the course units)</b>.
</span><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please inform the instructors about your situation and provide some evidence to justify your absence.</span></span><span class="tlid-translation"><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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course instructor may ask you to hand in alternative assignments during your absence.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">III) All students are requested to comply with the following hygiene measures to help prevent the further spread of the virus:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Keep yourself informed by consulting reliable sources:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">At this time, it is particularly important to curb the spread of the Corona virus by taking the appropriate preventive measures. If further measures
become necessary, we will of course inform you immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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