Government Advice - Symptoms / Stay at Home

Last Updated 08/04/2020

The Council continues to follow the advice provided by Public Health Wales (PHW); this advice is updated on a regular basis and employees will be advised of any changes as they happen. To confirm the advice given to individuals as at 16th March 2020;

Full advice from UK Government

If you have symptoms of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), however mild, you will need to notify your Manager and self-isolate at home for:

• 7 days - Your household members that have not had symptoms previously will need to isolate for 14 days.

If you are not displaying symptoms but living with a person displaying symptoms / diagnosed, notify Manager and self-isolate at home for:

• 14 days

If you subsequently develop symptoms, you will need to self-isolate for 7 days irrespective of where you are in the 14-day household isolation.

The diagram below is an example of self isolation in a four person household.

 

Coronavirus - Summary of action to be taken by Employees / Managers

Prior to all self-isolation decisions, staff must contact their line manager before the start of their work period / shift to agree the self-isolation arrangements. Employees who are required to self-isolate will be asked to work from home and provided with work to do if this is appropriate/practical to the role undertaken.

This will not be regarded as a period of sickness. They will receive full pay during this isolation period and it will not count towards any ‘triggers’ under the Management of Attendance Procedure.

Symptoms

The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of:

• new continuous cough and/or
• high temperature

For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild infection.

NHS Symptom Checker

Self-isolation advice

Advice includes:

• plan ahead and ask others for help to ensure that you can successfully stay at home.

• ask your friends and family to help you to get the things you need to stay at home.

• stay at least 2 metres (about 3 steps) away from other people in your home whenever possible.

• sleep alone, if that is possible.

• wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, each time using soap and water.

• stay away from vulnerable individuals such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions as much as possible.

• you do not need to call NHS111 to go into self-isolation. If your symptoms worsen during home isolation or are no better after 7 days contact NHS 111 online. If you have no internet access, you should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.