COVID-19 v COLD
If your child is sneezing, has a runny nose or feeling unwell,
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
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a high temperature
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a new, continuous cough
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a loss of, or change in, sense of smell or taste
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Check the NHS website for advice: www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school
With regard to seasonal illnesses, please remember that:
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If your child is vomiting or had diarrhoea then they should be absent for 48 hours after the last episode of sickness or diarrhoea.
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Sore throats, minor colds - you can send them in as long as they don’t have any of the Covid-19 symptoms; a new continuous cough and/or high temperature and/or loss of or change in normal sense of taste or smell