From the Health Centre

Dear Parents,

There have been some notifications throughout the School of Students testing positive to COVID. Even though you are no longer required to isolate, as a school community we ask that out of care and respect for others that you keep your child home until they are well to prevent the spread of COVID if you can. Advice from NSW Health is still:

What should I do if I test positive?

It is strongly recommended that you stay home and take steps to protect others. You may be infectious for up to 10 days. You are most infectious in the 2 days before your symptoms start and while you have acute symptoms (such as a runny nose, sore throat, fever, cough).  Some people with COVID-19 do not develop symptoms at all but are still able to infect others.

To reduce the risk to others, NSW Health recommends you: 

1. Stay home until your acute symptoms have gone.
2. If you are at higher risk of severe illness, speak with your doctor as soon as you test positive. You may be eligible for antiviral medicines or other treatments for COVID-19. COVID-19 antiviral medicines work best if taken as soon as possible, and within 5 days from when your symptoms start. Call healthdirect on 1800 022 222launch if you can’t contact your doctor, or use the online Service Finderlaunch to find one near you.
3. Don’t visit people at higher risk of severe illness, anyone in hospital or an aged or disability care facility for at least 7 days.
4. Avoid large gatherings and indoor crowded places, especially where you will be in contact with groups of people you don’t live with.
5. Talk to your employer about when you should return to the workplace.  
   You should talk to your workplace about working from home, where possible. If you work in a high-risk setting such as health, disability and aged care, it is recommended that you stay away from the workplace for at least 7 days and until you have no symptoms to help protect other staff, patients, residents, and clients. If your employer needs you to return to the workplace before this time, they may ask you to take additional steps to protect others, subject to their work health and safety assessment.
6. Tell people that you live with, or spend a lot of time with, that you have COVID-19.
   People you live with or spend a lot of time indoors with are at greatest risk of catching COVID-19 from you. You should tell them you have tested positive and try to separate from them as much as possible. They should monitor for symptoms. If they get sick, they should stay home until they are well and follow the advice for people exposed to COVID-19 fact sheet. If they are at higher risk of severe illness, they should talk to their doctor about testing advice.

 From the Health Centre