Health Protection Advice: Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
Health Protection Advice - Living with COVID 19
Important update: 27th April 2022 from Derbyshire County County
Health Protection advice for schools, nurseries and other childcare facilities
Meningococcal Meningitis or Meningitis due to other bacteria** |
Rash that does not fade when a glass is rolled over, stiff neck, high temperature, dislike of bright lights, drowsiness, sickness and headache. |
Yes, stay off school until well enough to return. Contact your GP / Inform school/nursery. |
Molluscum Contagiosum |
Viral skin infection. |
No need to stay off as self-limiting. Stop the spread by not sharing towels or squeezing lesions. Inform school/nursery. |
Mumps** |
Painful swelling in the side of face under the ears. Mumps - NHS (www.nhs.uk) |
Yes, stay off school or nursery until five days after onset of swelling. Contact your GP. Inform school/nursery. |
Ringworm |
Common fungal infection, causing a rash (not worms). |
No need to stay off but school or nursery should be informed. Antifungal treatment required. |
Scabies |
Skin infection caused by a mite. Intense itching, especially at night, and raised rash or spots. |
Yes. Back to school after first treatment. Household/close contacts require treatment at the same time. Inform school/nursery. |
Scarlet fever (scarlatina)** *(see below re: pregnancy) |
Sore throat and painful glands in neck. A rash appears 12 to 48 hours later. |
Yes. Child can return to school 24 hours after starting antibiotics and if they are well enough to attend. Contact GP. Inform school/nursery. |
Slapped cheek syndrome (fifth disease / parvovirus B19) *(see below re: pregnancy) |
High temperature, runny nose, sore throat, headache. A red rash may appear on 1 or both cheeks. |
No. If child is well, they can attend. They are no longer infectious once the rash appears. School or nursery should be informed. |
Sickness bug/diarrhoea and vomiting |
Stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. Diarrhoea and vomiting - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Norovirus (vomiting bug) - NHS (www.nhs.uk) |
Yes. Child can return to school 48 hours after last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting and when your child is well enough to return. Inform school/nursery. |
Threadworms |
Itching around the anus, particularly at night. Threadworms - NHS (www.nhs.uk) |
No need to stay off but school or nursery should be informed. Treatment is recommended for child & household. |
Warts and Verrucas |
Small lumps that appear on the skin. Warts and verrucas - NHS (www.nhs.uk) |
No need to stay off but school/nursery should be informed. Verrucas should be covered in swimming pools & changing rooms. Usually resolve on their own. |
Whooping cough** |
Coughing bouts that are worse at night. The cough will make a ‘whoop’ sound, may be sick from the mucus. |
Yes. Child can return to school 48 hours after starting antibiotics and when your child is well enough. Inform school/nursery. |
*Pregnancy - Female staff / female students – If a pregnant woman develops a rash or is in direct contact with someone with a potentially infectious rash, this should be investigated by their medical practitioner (GP, Midwife, or hospital) at any stage of pregnancy.
**Notifiable disease to UKSHA by setting: notifiable-diseases-and-causative-organisms-how-to-report (www.gov.uk) Please contact UKHSA East Midlands on: Phe.crc.eastmidlands@phe.gov.uk or 0344 2254 524
Useful Links
The complete routine immunisation schedule from February 2022 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
PHE document (england.nhs.uk) Spotty book - includes cleaning and hygiene advice