Business reopens and students return to school in June – welcome to the new normal. 新冠肺炎疫情趨緩，六月限制放寬

How has everyone been the past two months? This year’s cold weather came earlier than usual and I hope you’re all continuing to stay safe and well, especially now since winter has set in.

In mid-March, the Government started the 3rd stage restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In the past two and a half months, the dining industry was forced to only do delivery and take away business and the retail industry had to close shops and turn to selling online. The Performing Arts industry also experienced a dramatic change as artists and performers had to either suspend their business or do their shows virtually.

With stable control of COVID-19, the decision now follows the Victorian Government’s move to ease restrictions, based on the advice of the Chief Health Officer. Therefore business has reopened from 1st of June 2020 and schools are now welcoming back their students from today 9th of June onwards.

Although Term 2 has only started with less than 3 weeks to go, a lot of Cultural organisations like the Arts Centre and the Museums are preparing to welcome the return of the public from the end of this month for school holidays. A range of public health, hygiene and physical distancing measures will definitely need to be put in place to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort.

At this stage, KITA still cannot bring that special Cultural experience to school or the public. We understand the safety of the community is the first priority for the nation now. However we are ready and looking forward to the announcement from the Government when we can welcome back all school incursions and Public performance bookings.

For now, please keep following our Facebook Fan Page for any updates and we will continue to share interesting Performing Arts information here: https://www.facebook.com/SabrinaDanceTroupe/

過去兩個月以來大家都好嗎？今年冷得特別早，但願冬天的到來，大家依然能保持著平安健康。

自3月中旬起，政府為阻止新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 的傳播而實施嚴格的外出管制。這段時間以來，餐飲業被迫只做外送和外賣，零售業也多半關閉實體店改成網路銷售。娛樂表演產業同樣也經歷了戲劇性的變化，許多藝人的表演舞台都轉移到網路平台改做線上演出。

隨著新冠肺炎確診人數下降並得到良好控制，維州政府依據首席衛生官的建議終於決定放寬限制，允許各產業從六月一日起逐步恢復營業，甚至學生也已於今天6月9日起全面正式回校上課。

雖然開學後Term 2 只剩下三個星期，但隨著假期的到來，各文化組織如博物館，美術館和藝術中心等也都摩拳擦掌地準備於6月27日起歡迎大眾回歸。而在正式開放前，大家都得緊跟維多利亞州政府的指示，為確保公眾安全和舒適健康採取一系列公共衛生相關的疏導措施。

短時間內，KITA多元文化表演藝術舞團尚未能實際演出為大家帶來文化體驗。但我們期待大眾能遵守政府的宣導讓疫情持續受控，待限制再次趨緩時，我們能夠打開雙臂迎接學校表演以及公眾場合文化演出的預訂。

既然還無法進行任何公開表演或校園教學及演出，就讓我們在這段時間內繼續透過臉書粉絲頁與您分享各種表演藝術相關的訊息。請持續關注我們喔！ https://www.facebook.com/SabrinaDanceTroupe/