If Students are Ill

Children who are ill with flu-like symptoms should be cared for at home and not return to school or childcare till medication is on longer needed to suppress their fever. Once the fever subsides without medication students should wait 24 hours before returning to school or childcare.

Siblings of ill children can still attend the facility.

Boarding school students with flu-like illness should be cared for in single rooms and kept separated from other students till medication is on longer needed to suppress their fever. Once the fever subsides without medication students should wait 24 hours before returning to school.

Staff

Staff caring for students with flu-like symptoms should limit contact with other staff and students until the ill student’s symptoms have resolved.

Staff do not need to stay away from educational facilities, boarding schools and childcare centres unless they also develop flu-like symptoms.

Parents

Do not need to stay away from educational facilities, boarding schools and childcare centres unless they develop flu-like symptoms.

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Pandemic Hotline 180 2007