CORONAVIRUS – PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE/GUIDANCE

The advice from Public Health England/Public Health Wales is copied below, and is updated on a daily basis at 3pm via the link on the Home page of their website, https://phw.nhs.wales/.

If there are any developments within the County Borough we will keep you informed through your school and the Council social media pages eg Facebook and Twitter.

Advice for travellers if you have been to the following areas since the 19 February:

If you have returned from the following areas since 19 February:

• Iran
• Specific lockdown areas in Northern Italy as designated by the Government of Italy
• Special care zones in South Korea as designated by the Government of the Republic of South Korea

You should immediately:

• stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu,
• phone NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 or phone 111 if available in your area (Hywel Dda, Powys, Aneurin Bevan and Swansea Bay).

Please follow this advice even if you do not have symptoms of the virus.

If you develop a fever, or a cough or shortness of breath, phone NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 or phone 111.  Continue to follow the same advice and do not leave your home until you been given advice by a clinician.

If you have returned from Wuhan or Hubei province in the last 14 days, you should:

• stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu,
• phone NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 or phone 111 if available in your area (Hywel Dda, Powys, Aneurin Bevan and Swansea Bay).

Please follow this advice even if you do not have symptoms of the virus.

If you develop a fever, or a cough or shortness of breath, phone NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 or phone 111.  Continue to follow the same advice and do not leave your home until you been given advice by a clinician.

If you have returned from the following areas since 19 February:

• Northern Italy (defined by a line above, and not including, Pisa, Florence and Rimini),
• Vietnam
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Myanmar

And develop symptoms (fever or cough or shortness of breath), however mild, you should:

• stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu,
• phone NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 or phone 111 if available in your area (Hywel Dda, Powys, Aneurin Bevan and Swansea Bay).

Only follow this advice if you have symptoms.

If you have returned from any of these areas in the last 14 days:

• China
• Thailand
• Japan
• Republic of Korea
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Singapore
• Malaysia
• Macau

And develop symptoms (fever or cough or shortness of breath), however mild, you should immediately:

• stay indoors and avoid contact with other people as you would with the flu,
• phone NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 or phone 111 if available in your area (Hywel Dda, Powys, Aneurin Bevan and Swansea Bay).

Only follow this advice if you have symptoms.

The latest information and travel advice is available from:

• Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England (PHE)
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
• The Welsh Government

Yours sincerely

SUE WALKER

CHIEF OFFICER (LEARNING)