Update 2020-12-02 Guidelines to reduce the risk of infection in schools & preschools The Public Health Agency has now stated that even symptom free children should stay home from preschool and school if anyone in the household has confirmed covid-19. Ronneby municipality has therefore updated point 5 of the guidelines for school & preschool. The other points remain unchanged. The number of confirmed cases of covid-19 is dramatically increasing in Sweden and in Ronneby which now has more than 270 confirmed cases. Since the 11th of November 2020, strengthened advice on covid-19 applies to reduce the spread of infection in Blekinge. A reminder is therefore required for what guidelines apply to the primary- and secondary schools of Ronneby municipality. In Ronneby municipality's preschools and schools we continue to follow the guidelines and recommendations of the Swedish Public Health Agency and Region Blekinge. 1. Healthy children and students are welcome to school & preschool Generally, students who are healthy should go to school and children who are healthy can go to pre- school. This also means that Ronneby municipality will send home or call on guardians to pick up children or students if they are deemed to be ill when dropped off at preschool or school. Read more about what applies to return after illness in paragraph 5. 2. Reduce the risk of infection To reduce the risk of infection, children, students and staff should be alert to symptoms that may occur with covid-19. This applies to both mild symptoms such as a sore throat, a runny nose, nausea and headache, but also other symptoms such as muscle and joint pain, fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. At the slightest symptom of one of these, both employees, children and students should stay at home. For information about testing read more on Region Blekinge's website. 3. Pick-up and drop-off Ronneby Municipality recommends that pick-up and drop-off take place outdoors. In general, only healthy guardians leave and pick up healthy children. If the guardian is ill, another person should pick up or leave the child. This also applies in case of suspicion of illness and in case of mild symptoms. It is important to follow the rules of conduct expressed by the attending physician or 1177. If you're not sure if the guidelines apply to your case, please call your child's school or pre-school before pickup and drop-off. Then we will check if there is a safe way for pickup and drop-off in the individual case. We therefore ask that you as a guardian review and, if necessary, complete the list of family contacts who can leave and pick up your child if necessary. 4. Sick during the school day If a child or student falls ill during the school day, the child/student should go home as soon as possible. The staff will then contact the child’s/student's guardian and assess whether they can go home by themselves or should wait in a separate room until the guardian arrives. 5. Sick family members & family quarantine Symptom free children and students who have siblings or other family members who are sick can go to preschool, primary school or after-school as usual. However, this does not apply to those who live Education Administration 2 with a person with confirmed covid-19. In these cases, a so-called family quarantine is required, which includes adults and children of all ages. Children and students who live with someone who has confirmed covid-19 should stay at home even if they themselves are symptom free. 6. Return to school & preschool after illness The Public Health Agency recommends that children and young people stay at home as long as symptoms of illness are present and another two days without symptoms. If the child has residual mild symptoms, such as dry cough and a slight runny nose, when seven days have passed after the onset of disease, a return to school and other activities may take place. It is the guardian's responsibility that only children and students who meet these criteria come to school or preschool. We accept no personal reasons to leave a sick child to our activities. If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact The Head of Operations preschool Ingela Berg at +46 (0)457-61 78 38 or the Head of Operations Primary School Charlotte Kansikas at +46 457-61 83 45. 7. Validation The guidelines are valid until further notice and cover all the municipality's preschools and primary schools. We ask all guardians to respect these guidelines. It is only together that we can reduce the spread of infection and protect each other. .