We have received several updated protocols from Salut Pública this week, related to the management of COVID-19 cases in schools.
We hope that the following information will help families understand the new protocols and answer any doubts which you may have.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT DO I DO IF MY SON/DAUGHTER HAS SYMPTOMS OF COVID?
- Do not send your child to school.
- Contact your CAP either via telephone or via the application La Meva Salud and describe the symptoms. If a test is recommended, the student should not attend school until they have a negative test result.
COVID symptoms
– temperature above 37.5ºc
– cough
– breathing difficulties
– headache
– runny nose
– tiredness
– muscular pain
– stomach pains
– vomiting
– diarrhoea
– loss of sense of smell and taste
(older children and adolescents)
WHAT IF MY CHILD IS POSITIVE?
- Parents should inform the tutor, the school office and the HEAD OF STUDIES.
- It is very important that parents also inform their CAP or a TAR pharmacy if the positive result is obtained through a test done at home. This then introduces the positive case into the public system.
- They must remain at home in quarantine for 7 days (the day of the positive test is day 0).
- It is not obligatory to take a test at the end of this 7 day period.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A POSITIVE CASE IN MY CHILD’S CLASS?
Primary and Early Years
- The school will inform the families of other children in the class.
- Children in Early Years and Primary will be offered a free antigen test irrespective of whether they are vaccinated or NOT.
- Children who have had COVID within the last 90 days, WILL NOT BE TESTED.
- The school will be informed of the date and location of the tests and will inform the parents. The tests will be carried out in a designated medical centre (Early Years) or a assigned TAR pharmacy (Primary).
*PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE SCHOOL TO BE INFORMED OF THE TEST LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE HIGH NUMBERS OF POSITIVE CASES.
- Children in Primary and Early years DO NOT have to quarantine if less than 20% of the class bubble are positive within the 7 day quarantine period (the day of the positive test is day 0).
ESO, Bachillerato, IB
- The school will inform the families of other children in the class.
- Students who are immune/fully vaccinated with NO SYMPTOMS OF COVID may attend school.
Immune/fully vaccinated is defined as:
- 2 doses of the vaccination (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen), with the last dose having been administered at least 14 days before.
- Has had COVID within the last 90 days and received 1 dose of the vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen), with the last dose having been administered at least 14 days before.
Immune/fully vaccinated students will be offered a free test in a designated pharmacy.
The school will be informed of the date and location of the tests and will inform parents.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE SCHOOL TO BE INFORMED OF THE TEST LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE HIGH NUMBERS OF POSITIVE CASES.
- Students who have proof of having had COVID within the last 90 days with NO SYMPTOMS OF COVID may attend school.
- Immune/vaccinated students and students who have proof of having had COVID in the previous 90 days WITH SYMPTOMS OF COVID
Should NOT attend school with symptoms.
- Contact your CAP either via telephone or via the application “La Meva Salut” and describe the symptoms.
- If a test is recommended, the student should NOT attend school until they have a negative test result.
- If the test result is positive, the student should remain in quarantine for 7 days.
- If the test result is negative, the student may return to school once they no longer have symptoms and have been without a temperature above 37.5 for at least 24 hours.
- Students who are not vaccinated and who have NOT had COVID in the last 90 days, WILL NOT be offered a test and MUST remain in quarantine for 7 days.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE ARE MORE POSITIVE CASES IN A CLASS OR CLOSE CONTACT GROUP?
- If 20% of the class are positive within a 7 day period the close contact group will be confined for 7 days.
- ESO, Bachillerato and IB students who are immune/vaccinated or have proof of having had COVID within the previous 90 days, MAY attend school with NO COVID SYMPTOMS.
WHAT CHANGES IF MY SON/DAUGHTER IS VACCINATED OR NOT VACCINATED?
Early Years and Primary pupils
- There is no difference regarding schooling for vaccinated or unvaccinated students.
ESO, Bachillerato, IB students
Immune/vaccinated students
Immune/fully vaccinated is defined as:
- 2 doses of the vaccination (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca,Janssen), with the last dose having been administered at least 14 days before.
- Has had COVID within the last 90 days and received 1 dose of the vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca,Janssen), with the last dose having been administered at least 14 days before.
- It is recommended that these students do an antigen test if they are close contacts of a positive case.
- If the test is negative, they do not need to quarantine.
Unvaccinated students who have not had COVID within the last 90 days
- These students must quarantine at home for 7 days. They do not need to take a test.
CAN MY CHILD ATTEND SCHOOL IF A MEMBER OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD IS POSITIVE?
- If they have COVID symptoms – contact the CAP and follow their instructions and remain at home until instructions are received.
- Immune/vaccinated students and those who have had COVID within the last 90 days MAY attend school and are not obliged to do a test. However, it is strongly recommended that they take a test before attending school.
- Unvaccinated students who have not had COVID within the last 90 days MUST quarantine for 7 days, irrespective of a test result.
13.01.22
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