COVID-19 POLICY
EDINBURGH GUARDIAN ANGELS
GUIDANCE NOTES FOR HOST FAMILIES
Preventing the spread of COVID-19
Please discuss all of the below with your students upon
arrival to help reduce the spread of infection:
·
Keep good hygiene:
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Practice
social distancing – where possible remain 2 meters apart from each other
·
Wear face
masks at all times on public transport, attending hospitals and in shops
(ensure you keep a supply at home incase anyone runs out)
·
Ensure
anti-bacterial hand gel is in students rooms (ensure you have a supply incase
anyone runs out)
·
People who are
clinically vulnerable are advised to stay at home as much as possible and
minimise contact with others outside their household (please agree who are in
the “friendship or household” bubbles) e.g. those aged over 70
·
The above
will affect the use of some host families during the pandemic
What should you do if someone presents with symptoms of COVID-19?
A
reminder of the Coronavirus Symptoms:
· new
continuous cough
· fever/high
temperature (37.8C or greater)
· loss of,
or change in, sense of smell or taste (anosmia)
A new continuous cough is where you:
· have a
new cough that’s lasted for an hour
· have had
3 or more episodes of coughing in 24 hours
· are
coughing more than usual
If
you have symptoms of COVID-19 however mild you should:
·
SELF
ISOLATE FOR 14 DAYS FROM WHEN YOUR SYMPTOMS STARTED
·
Arrange to
have a test
·
DO NOT go
to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital
·
Try and
stay as far away from other members of your household as possible (it is
especially important to stay away from anyone who is clinically vulnerable with
whom you share a household)
·
Alert
people who you do not live with and have had close contact within the last 48
hours to let them know you have the symptoms of COVID-19
·
Following
a positive test result, you will receive a request by text, email or phone to
log into the NHS Test & Trace service website and provide information about
recent close contacts
If you, or someone in the same household, present with symptoms:
·
ALL household
members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days
·
The 14-day
period starts from the day when the first person in the household becomes ill
OR if they do not have symptoms, from the day their test was taken
·
If anyone
else in the household starts displaying symptoms, they must stay at home for at
least 10 days from when their symptoms appear, regardless of what day they are
on in their original 14-day isolation period
If you are NOT experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 but have tested
positive, you must:
·
self-isolate
for 14 days, STARTING FROM THE DAY THE TEST WAS TAKEN
·
If you
develop symptoms during this isolation period, restart your 14-day isolation
from the day you developed symptoms
What to do if you cannot cope with your symptoms at home, or your
condition gets worse:
·
Use NHS 111 online COVID-19 service
·
If you do
not have internet access, call NHS on 111
·
For a
medical emergency ALWAYS dial 999
How to practice social distancing
·
Stay at
LEAST 6 feet (2 metres) from other people who are not from your household –
this should be adhered to both indoor and outdoor
·
Use
technology to socialise
·
Choose the
right time and location for exercise
·
Avoid
gatherings of more than 6 people
·
Minimise physical
contact (no shaking hands)
·
Avoid
touching your face and mouth
Shielding
If you’re clinically extremely
vulnerable you should have received a letter confirming this or have been told
directly by your GP or hospital clinician.
This includes people who are at the
highest risk of severe illness from coronavirus. People on the list will
receive a letter telling them so. This includes some children and young people.
As at October 2020 - anyone who has been shielding should
follow the same advice as everyone else
·
Click here for updated information
What
happens if my child comes into contracts COVID-19 symptoms whilst in Scotland?
·
If it happens whilst in school, the school will ensure
that your child is isolated, tested, taken care of appropriately. They will not
be transferred to a host family due to the risk of infecting a family and the
community.
·
If it happens whilst residing with a host family, the
host family will isolate the student and take care of them within their family
home. They will be for COVID-19 as soon
as possible.
·
If the test should prove positive your child will be
transferred with appropriate medical care
·
The host family will follow the Host Family COVID-19
Guidance.
What would happen if a school was closed due to COVID-19?
Edinburgh Guardian Angels will use our safe transport service to
transfer your child to a carefully selected Host Family who will care for your
child during school closure.
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Our Edinburgh Guardian Angels contract taxi drivers will adhere to
the following:
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Drivers will wear a face mask at all times
·
Drivers will ensure that no previous customers have had symptoms
of COVID-19
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Drivers will maintain distance when assisting with luggage
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Will avoid all physical/skin contact.
·
Taxi interiors will be wiped cleaning with anti-bacteria or
disinfectant sprays between clients (door handles, seats etc)
·
Drivers wash hands before touching student’s luggage
·
Drivers will always keep windows open to help with ventilation
·
Switch off air conditioning to avoid recycling the air within the
vehicle
·
Any rubbish, personal waste, wipes, tissues etc will be disposed
of by driver in disposable rubbish bags, before and after transporting the
student
·
The driver will always message the Guardian when he/she has
collected the student and also when they have safely reached their destination.
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