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Briefly: - Do not come to campus - if you have symptoms of Covid
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- 19 infection, we strongly recommend you do not come to campus - work from home if you can
- Do not
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- go to a GP surgery or hospital if you have an active Covid or suspected Covid infection - use NHS 111 for assistance
- Stay at home - to protect our University community and the wider population, stay at home if you have any symptomatic respiratory illness
Covid 19 symptoms:- a high temperature or shivering (chills) – a high temperature means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
- a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours
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- a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
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- Hot chest or back
- Breathlessness
- Pale or blue skin
- Muscle pain
- Sore throat
- Headache
Shielding has now ended but you must still follow the current rules in place.
Risk assessment
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- Ensure we have a resilient track and trace system in place
- Ensure that welfare and rest facilities are not overloaded
- Assist with ensuring high traffic areas are clean
- Maintain indoor air quality to prevent the potential spread of virus
- Ensure we remain Covid-Secure as per existing government guidance and legislation
- Masks are to be worn as per University guidance.
- Office floors are each restricted to 25% of occupancy. A booking system exists to monitor this and to provide tracing information should it be required
- Each office has a maximum occupancy level assigned to it (these are lower than the 25% floor loading figure depending on ventilation and space arrangements)
- Laboratory access is restricted to booked slots only to control occupancy to safe levels
- Fieldwork activities are controlled in Covid-secure ways
- Bookable teaching spaces are controlled via reduced occupancies automatically via the timetabling system
- All parts of the building have safe occupancy numbers signed on doors
- The overall campaign for the building follows guidance from the CPNI (Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure).
- CPNI campaign rationale
- The Covid-secure lead for the Environment Building is Dave Hay.
- Email - dave.hay@york.ac.uk
- Telephone (office) 01904 324071
- Telephone (mobile) 0739 195 8989
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Reporting suspected and confirmed Covid-19 cases |
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| title | University Coroanvirus Information Pages |
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The University has constructed a central resource for staff and students regarding operations and the coronavirus. Please check these pages for updated wider news and messages from the Vice Chancellor. |
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| title | External Coronavirus Resources |
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UK Gov infection density mapUK Coronavirus TrackerUK Government Data SummariesGlobal Coronavirus TrackerSTAT Covid-19 trackerDaily UK roundups- shortness of breath
- feeling tired or exhausted
- an aching body
- a headache
- a sore throat
- a blocked or runny nose
- loss of appetite
- diarrhoea
- feeling sick or being sick
Returning to campus:
- If you have tested positive for Covid, stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days after the test (test day is day zero).
- example - if you test positive on a Friday, that is day zero. Day 5 is Wednesday and Thursday is the day you should return to campus (day 6) if you are well enough to do so.
Please see links to full guidance and advice below:
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