Symptom Guide
YOU SHOULD BOOK A TEST IF YOUR CHILD HAS: |
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a high temperature, or |
a new continuous cough, or |
a loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste |
This means they feel hot to touch on their chest or back (you do not need to measure their temperature). |
This means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or three or more episodes in 24 hours (if they usually have a cough it may be worse than usual) |
This means they've noticed they cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal. |
If your child DOES NOT have symptoms of COVID-19 but has other cold-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, they do not need to be tested and they or members of your household do not need to self-isolate. Your child can attend school if fit to do so. |
What to do if… |
Action needed |
Back to school… |
My child has COVID-19 (coronavirus) symptoms* |
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…when child’s test comes back negative and symptom free for 48 hours |
My child tests positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
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…when child feels better, and has been without a fever for at least 48 hours They can return to school after 10 days even if they have a cough or loss of smell / taste. These symptoms can last for several weeks once the infection is gone. |
* Symptoms include at least one of a high temperature; a new continuous cough; a loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste. See more at:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/
What to do if… |
Action needed |
Back to school… |
Somebody in my household has COVID-19 (coronavirus) symptoms* |
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…when household member test is negative, and child does not have COVID-19 symptoms* |
Somebody in my household has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
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…when child has completed 14 days of self-isolation, even if they test negative during the 14 days |
NHS Test and Trace has identified my child as a ‘close contact’ of somebody with symptoms* or confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) |
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…when the child has completed 14 days of self-isolation, even if they test negative during those 14 days |
We / my child has travelled and has to self-isolate as part of a period of quarantine |
Returning from a destination where quarantine is needed:
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…when the quarantine period of 14 days has been completed for the child, even if they test negative during those 14 days |
We have received advice from a medical / official source that my child must resume shielding |
Contact school as advised by attendance officer / pastoral team
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…when school / other agencies inform you that restrictions have been lifted and your child can return to school again |
* Symptoms include at least one of a high temperature; a new continuous cough; a loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste. See more at:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/