Covid-19 information

Know the symptoms of Covid-19

Do not come to work or enter the building if you are suffering from any of these symptoms:

• high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

In addition, these symptoms might also indicate Covid-19 infection:

• Hot chest or back
• Breathlessness
• Pale or blue skin
• Muscle pain
• Sore throat
• Headache

Shielding

Shielding has now ended but you must still follow the current rules in place.

If you are in any doubt, use the checking system below:

• NHS 111 Covid-19 self-checking tool
• University guidance and protocols

Risk assessment

• The University risk assessment is here

Restrictions are in place for certain areas of the building as per the list below. The reason restrictions exist are to:

• 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

The restrictions we have in place are as follows:

• Masks are strongly encouraged to be worn inside 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

Covid-secure lead for Environment & Geography

• 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