We appreciate you taking the time to complete this form as a result of your child testing positive for COVID-19.

Information Sharing & Privacy
Provision of information relating to those that may have been exposed to COVID-19 is important for controlling transmission of the virus, as outlined in the Health Act.  Information relating to identified contacts will be held by the Public Health Unit and the Ministry of Health.  Personal information will not be disclosed.

Information for Positive Students
* Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 will be required to isolate for seven days.
* Day 0 is the day symptoms began or the day the test was taken (whichever came first).
* Cases will isolate for a full seven days and are free to return to normal activities on Day 8, if they are not symptomatic.
* You no longer need to send through proof of your positive test to school

Many children will have a long-lasting runny nose or cough after viral infections. If it is over 10 days since the onset of COVID symptoms and they are no longer feeling unwell, they are very unlikely to be infectious and can therefore return to school.
However, if they are continuing to feel unwell or their symptoms are worsening after 10 days, they should not return to school and a GP review, or a call to Healthline, is recommended.

Information for Household Contacts
* Household contacts are required to isolate for the same seven days as the case.
* They can return to their normal activities on the same day as the first case in their household, so long as all test results have been negative, and they are not symptomatic.
* Household contacts should continue to self-monitor for symptoms up to Day 10.
* Household contacts will be required to take a self-administered rapid antigen test (RAT) on Day 3 and Day 7 of the case’s isolation period.

If symptoms develop at any time during isolation:
* the usual advice remains in place to undertake an additional RAT
* if the test is negative and symptoms persist or worsen, test again 48 hours after that negative test
* if symptoms resolve there is no need for a further test until the required Day 7 test. If this is negative, they can return to daily life on Day 8.

If a household contact has new symptoms on the day of release:
* they should undertake an additional RAT and stay at home while unwell
* if that test is negative and symptoms persist or worsen, test again after 48 hours. If symptoms resolve, there is no need for a further test.

If a household contact has finished their period of isolation they do not need to return to isolation if a new case is identified in their household. However, this only applies for a period of seven days following their leaving isolation.

Should a new household member be confirmed as a case eight or more days after the household contact has left isolation, then they must start a new period of self-isolation for seven days.
While you are isolating, try to avoid contact with the person who has COVID-19.

The above information can also be found on the following website:
 https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact-tracing/household-contacts/#what-you-need-to-do

Hard Copy Home Learning Packs
If the request is made between before 9am it will be ready for pick up that afternoon.  
If the request is made between 9am and 3pm it may not be ready for collection until the next day.  We are working as hard as we can to get these sorted as soon as we can for you.

Thanks
PPS COVID Response Team
email: covid@pillanspoint.school.nz
COVID phone: 027 6767681