What happens if a child begins to have COVID symptoms at school?



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The Minister of Education Monica Anisie specified, this Sunday, at a press conference, what are the steps to follow if a school student begins to have symptoms of COVID.

Most schools reopen on Monday, September 14, after they stopped working with students in the classroom for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Schools were required to provide a special space for the isolation of children, if they begin to show symptoms. In this case, the teacher must notify the school management to keep in touch with the DSP. The child will go to the isolation room and will be supervised by medical personnel or a designated teacher. In the meantime, parents will be notified.

If the child needs medical assistance, call 112.

If there is a student infected with coronavirus, that student goes to a medical unit, and the other classmates will be quarantined for 14 days, closing class and online classes.

If there are three students, in three different classes, infected with SARS-CoV-2, then the three students will go to the medical units, and the other children from that school will be quarantined for 14 days, the school will be closed for 14 days and for disinfection, the Minister of Health, Nelu Tătaru, recently declared.

Recommendations of the Ministry of Health:

If students experience epidemiological triage or during class hours, body temperature above 37.3 degrees Celsius, or respiratory symptoms (for example, cough, runny nose, fever, respiratory problems) or other symptoms of illness, these they will be isolated in a space designated for this purpose and the owners will be notified immediately.

The symptomatic child who waiting to be picked up from school, will be isolated in a closed space, depending on the age of the child and with adequate adult supervision, if necessary.

A ventilation window will open. If it is not possible to isolate it, it will move to an area at least 4 meters away from other people.

If necessary go to very During this period, a separate bathroom should be used, if possible.

The bathroom must be cleaned and sanitized with approved cleaning products before it can be used by another person.

The student will not be transported until the owner arrives at the family doctor, pharmacy, emergency service or hospital; only if the symptoms / signs are very severe, will the emergency service 112 be called.

If a staff member / student has helped someone who has a continuous cough or high fever, they should not go home in isolation unless the person / student develops symptoms later. The person who helped will wash their hands thoroughly for 20 seconds.

Sanitation is done with an approved disinfectant, after the patient has left, to reduce the risk of transmitting the infection to others.

Editor: Luana Păvălucă

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