The advice from the Public Health Agency is that we use these summer months to plan for an increase in confirmed swine flu cases from October 09- February 10.
Advice for schools: - Maintain good hygiene. - Ensure you have hot & cold running water - Have sufficient stocks of paper hand towels and liquid soap. - Report any fault with the hot water system to the relevant E&LB. - Update contingency plans - Ensure contact details for both staff & parents are up to date ( including out of hours details) - Ensure contact details for external agencies are up to date (including out of hours details) - If school staff are made aware of a confirmed case they should not be within one metre of confirmed case for more than one hour - If a pupil is returning from a transmitting country and they are showing flu like symptoms they should remain at home and contact their GP. - Principals should regularly visit the DHSPPS website during the summer holidays to keep themselves up to date on any developments.
PHA will have a clearer picture of the spread of the disease by September and this will help inform decisions for schools.
