COVID Update

Household close contacts and Isolation

• If a person has had covid they now have twelve weeks of immunity from having to quarantine due to close contact status or having to undertake rapid antigen testing.
• Requirements for household close contacts changed. Their quarantine period starts on the same day as the confirmed case enters isolation and it finishes 7 days later provided they test negative on day 1 and 6 of the quarantine period and they are symptom free on day 7.
• Furthermore, the quarantine period does not need to be extended should there be another confirmed case in the household within the dates for the above 7 day quarantine period.

Term 2 – Catholic Education Tasmania are currently trying to finalise with Public Health and the Department of Education Covid planning for the start of Term 2. We will communicate any information to families once we have confirmation.

Rapid Antigen Tests: The school has received some additional supplies of rapid antigen tests for distribution to families on a needs basis – to ascertain whether symptoms are indicating a COVID-19 infection. If you require rapid antigen tests to be used for this purpose (have a test at home in case a child displays symptoms) please communicate with the school office by phone 64261626 or email stpatslat@catholic.tas.edu.au