COVID 19 Reminders
Reporting results of RATS
- The school does not need to be notified of a negative test.
- Staff and parents of students do need to report a positive test result to the School and the Department of Health. School Contact is via phone to the office 85434444 or email to admin@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au You must also report the positive result online to the Department of Health or via the coronavirus hotline at 1800 675 398.
Students & Staff with a positive test
- Students or staff with a positive test must isolate for seven (7) days and not attend school during this period.
- Parents are NOT to send a child back to school after seven (7) days if the child remains symptomatic
- If subsequently another household member tests positive the quarantine end date for the index case remains seven (7) days
Managing of confirmed cases and household contacts
- Upon identification of a positive case contact tracing is no longer required.
- Where a student is a household contact of a positive case they must inform the school and isolate for seven days and not attend school during that period.
- The school will notify the school community when a student or staff member has (or multiple students or staff members) have returned a positive COVID test and has attended the school. This notification may be only to the parents of the class or parents within the level or it could be the whole school. Privacy is respected and names are not mentioned.
- Parents of affected classes/ levels/ school must monitor symptoms of their child and complete testing should symptoms develop.