The Catholic Parish of Our Lady and St John

20210107 – COVID-19 Action Card for Parishioners and Visitors

 

COVID-19 Action Card for Parishioners and Visitors

 

Catholic Parish of Our Lady and St John, Stubbington and Lee-on-the-Solent

 

Points of contact:

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•  Parish Priest (Fr Francis Sasinowski: 07932 011150 / 01329 663435)

• COVID Co-ordinator (David Vassallo: 07986 788547 / 01329 512726)

 

1. If you feel unwell or have any symptoms suggestive of COVID-19

(main symptoms are: fever, new continuous cough, loss of or change to your sense of smell or taste)

• Stay at home, self-isolate, do not go to church

• Ring 119 (or apply online https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test ) to get a free NHS coronavirus test as soon as possible

• If you have symptoms, you and anyone you live with or in your support bubble, MUST self-isolate until you get your test result.

• Ring David Vassallo as soon as possible, even late at night (do not wait for test result) so that he can initiate the parish’s ‘COVID-19 Standby’ measures and help identify your potential contacts at church.

• Create a list of your potential contacts over the previous 48 hours

o See UK Government definition of ‘contact’ (see below)

o Advise known contacts urgently of potential need to self-isolate

• Follow latest GOV-UK guidance: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

 

2. As soon as you receive your coronavirus test result:

If negative:

o Resume normal life; seek medical advice if symptoms worsen

o Contact David Vassallo in order for him to ‘Stand Down’ the parish’s ‘Covid-19’ measures

o Reassure your contacts: no need to self-isolate

 

If positive, give NHS Test & Trace your contacts and obey NHS orders;

o Continue to self-isolate at home, seek medical advice if necessary

o Contact David Vassallo so that he can initiate the parish’s ‘Covid-19 Declared’ measures

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UK Government definition of ‘contact’ (updated 18 December 2020)

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-withpossible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-who-do-not-live-with-theperson/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-with-possible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19- infection-who-do-not-live-with-the-person:

 

A contact is a person who has been close to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. You can be a contact anytime from 2 days before the person who tested positive developed their symptoms, and up to 10 days after, as this is when they can pass the infection on to others.

 

A contact can be:

• anyone who lives in the same household as someone with COVID-19 symptoms or who has tested positive for COVID-19

• anyone who has had any of the following types of contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 with a PCR test:

• face-to-face contact including being coughed on or having a faceto-face conversation within one metre

• been within one metre for one minute or longer without face-toface contact

• sexual contacts

• been within 2 metres of someone for more than 15 minutes (either as a one-off contact, or added up together over one day)

• travelled in the same vehicle or a plane

 

An interaction through a Perspex (or equivalent) screen with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 is not usually considered to be a contact, as long as there has been no other contact such as those in the list above.

 

If you are a contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 you will be notified by the NHS Test and Trace service via text message, email or phone and should follow this guidance closely.