Dear All,
Confirmed Case Reporting - Sunshine Room
I write to confirm a recent confirmed case in Sunshine Room. Although the possible exposure day was last week (Wednesday July 14th - morning session), the reporting day being today means that the new rules apply and in-setting contact tracing and isolation is not required. The cutover rules for the new approach were confirmed by the Department for Education this morning.
The confirmed case will be contacted by T&T to establish their close contacts for further notification and self-isolation. It is not currently expected that this will include nursery contacts.
Control measures will still apply if any of the below thresholds are crossed:
10% or more of the class/year/bubble group test positive within 10 days
5 or more of the class/year/bubble group test positive within 10 days
10% of the whole staff team test positive within 10 days
As the risk of transmission between children remains high, we ask that all parents continue to be vigilant and ensure that children demonstrating any of the primary symptoms are tested for Coronavirus immediately and do not attend the Centre if there is any reason to suspect they may be unwell.
As per the new Public Health policy information issued last week, children with a temperature of 37.8C or above any new or severe symptom of respiratory illness should not attend nursery, even if they have tested negative for Coronavirus or do not meet the Coronavirus testing thresholds.
Kind Regards,
James.