Health & Safety

Symptoms of illness (please note, not all of these symptoms are COVID-19 related):

• Fever (100.04 °F or 37.8 °C or greater)
• Persistent Cough, new or worsening
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
• New loss of taste or smell
• Unusual fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Sore throat
• Congestion
• Chills/Shivering
• Jaundice
• Ear, nose, or eye discharge
• Lice or scabies
• Skin rash or severe skin changes

*Some of these symptoms may be due to conditions that are not contagious. If so, the student or staff member CAN ATTEND school, but please let the ICSB Health Office know about any visible symptoms due to other causes (eg. allergies, etc.). However, as noted below, if the symptoms are severe enough that they need to stay home from school, a doctor's note/declaration will be required to return to school.

If a student has any of the symptoms* listed above:

• They should NOT COME TO SCHOOL and stay at home until symptom-free for 24 hours. 
• They will be SENT HOME FROM SCHOOL (if symptoms develop at school). 
  • A student will be placed in a designated waiting room until a parent/guardian is able to pick them up - we request that pick up occurs within 30-45 minutes.
• They must notify the school of the ILLNESS and ABSENCE by filling out our Attendance Form!
• They should contact their health care provider.
• Students who have remained at home due to ANY illness may only return to school after submitting our Attendance Form (choose reporting "Return to School After Illness or Extended Absence"). 

If a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19:

• They MUST NOT COME TO SCHOOL but stay at home and self-isolate.
• They must notify the school of being COVID-19 POSITIVE and of their ABSENCE.
  • Parents must  fill out our Attendance Form regarding their student.
  • Staff members must fill out the Staff Absence Form.
• Positive cases may return to ICSB after:
  • SEVEN days if fever-free for three days and respiratory symptoms have resolved, OR
  • After three days symptom-free, this quarantine can be shortened with a negative rapid test administered by a laboratory no earlier than the FIFTH day.
  • Day ONE is counted as the same day the symptoms start OR the day of the positive test, if no symptoms developed.
  • Returning to school: Parents must submit the Attendance Form (choose reporting "Return to School After Illness or Extended Absence") BEFORE the student returns to school! As part of this form:
    • If returning after FIVE days, parents must upload a negative result of a rapid test administered by a laboratory no earlier than the fifth day, and declare that they have been symptom-free for three days.
    • If returning after SEVEN days, parents must declare they have been fever-free for three days and respiratory symptoms have resolved. No test result is needed.

If you have any questions, please contact the ICSB Health Office by email or phone call (+36-23-381-208).

• If the close contact with a COVID-19 positive case occurs outside of school, students and staff may attend school and school events as long as they are symptom free. 
• If the positive case is a household member, and the COVID-19 positive person can remain isolated within the home, the others in the household may attend school as long as they are symptom free. 
• If the close contact happens at school, the government's protocol will be followed, and parents of affected students will be notified. The unvaccinated students must wear a mask over their nose and mouth for five days while indoors at school and school events. The school will  provide surgical masks as needed, or parents may provide a suitable mask.
• If, during the five day period, an unvaccinated student develops Covid symptoms, he/she must stay home and take a Covid test (rapid antigen test or PCR test). If the test is negative, (and the student is symptom-free for at least 24 hours) he/she can return to school. If the test is positive, then the student/staff member must follow the Covid-positive protocol.