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Reminder - Covid-19 School Safety Plan - Update (Version 16 25th July)

Please continue to follow Health advice regarding notifying us if your child contracts COVID-19. Some important considerations regarding the updated COVID-19 School Safety Plan include:

Parents are welcome inside school buildings without masks – please sanitise upon entry and wear a mask if you are a close contact (as per Health instructions.)
Positive cases are still required to isolate for at least 7 days.
Close contacts are still required to follow close contact rules for 7 days including testing daily if leaving their home and wearing a mask (all persons 12 years and older) in indoor settings when outside their home.
There is no need to sign-in at the school office unless you are collecting or dropping off your child outside the usual drop-off/pick-up times (always come to the school office and office staff will contact the class teacher please, rather than picking your child directly from the classroom.)

Colds and flu

Students/staff with cold or flu symptoms are required to stay home and test for two consecutive days.
If the person has twice tested negative on successive days for COVID-19 and their symptoms are mild e.g. a runny nose, there is no coughing or sneezing and, if a student they have indicated when asked that they feel well, then the person is permitted at school /workplace.

Rapid antigen tests

Schools and the TCEO will allocate rapid antigen tests to CET personnel (staff and students only) as per the following schedule:

Provide one (1) test when requested due to the person being symptomatic.
Provide five (5) tests when requested due to the person having household close contact status.

COVID-19 testing

If staff or students have symptoms, they should stay home and test for COVID-19.
If it is less than 28 days since they had COVID-19, they do not need to get tested but should

still stay at home if unwell.

If the test is positive and the person has not had a COVID-19 infection within 28 days, the person is considered a confirmed case.
If the initial test result is negative and symptoms continue, students and staff with ongoing symptoms are advised to take a second test the following day.
If the second test remains negative, this is sufficient to enable a return to work or school.
If a person has returned 2 successive negative rapid antigen tests and still feels unwell consider

taking a PCR test.

Positive rapid antigen tests must be registered on the Tasmanian Government COVID-19 website by the confirmed case or their parent/carer.

Confirmed cases

Should a student or member of staff test positive for COVID-19 they must:

Isolate for a minimum of 7 days, provided outside the 28-day reinfection exclusion period.
Isolate for a further 3 days if they still have symptoms on day 7.
If test positive using a rapid antigen test, register the result with Public Health using their online declaration form or phone the Public Health Hotline 1800 671 738.
Notify household close contacts of the need to observe close contact requirements when leaving their homes.