Covid-19: Guidance for colleagues returning from affected areas
March 12, 2020
Public Health England have now also issued guidance for healthcare workers who have retuned from affected areas/countries. Please follow the link below for more information:
Colleagues should not attend a healthcare setting if there is a risk they could spread the coronavirus. If you feel you are symptomatic and you have been to one of the affected countries, you should self-isolate immediately and contact Occupational Health for advice on 0121 507 3306.
Coronavirus Occupational Health – Advice for staff
*If you have returned from Italy to the UK in the past 14 days please contact Occupational Health for further advice if you are at work or before returning to work.
We have lots of school students who have returned from skiing trip from Italy. Please see the map of Italy below for reference in regard to testing for COVID 19 at present.
Yellow area – no special measures
Orange area – specified towns (see inset and listed below) are Category 1. Otherwise orange areas are category 2.
The specified areas (see inset map) are in the region of Daegu and Cheongdo.
The specified towns (see inset map) are in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto.
In the Lombardy Region:
- Bertonico
- Casalpusterlengo
- Castelgerundo
- Castiglione D’Adda
- Codogno
- Fombio
- Maleo
- San Fiorano
- Somaglia
- Terranova dei Passerini
In the Veneto Region:
- Vo
The H10 Costa Adeje Hotel, Tenerife has been included as a high risk (category 1) area and accordingly, symptomatic individuals who have returned from this hotel since the 17/2/2020 will need to be tested if they develop symptoms according to the clinical case definition.