Exposed to Coronavirus at school - no one knows, nothing being done

[coronavirusissueatschool]

Not sure what to do about this.

Have name changed.

I work in a school, at the front desk as a receptionist.

Within reception, we have students in daily who require medical attention (injuries), or who are sick. All teachers send sick kids to reception. Most of the time it feels like a doctors surgery. We have at any one time, at least 5-6 students in; injured, being sick, migraines, colds, coughs, fever etc etc

They sit in the waiting area. The same area that we also sit visitors/parents. Right next to me.

One of the parents has tested positive for Coronavirus. The student of the parent was still in school when we became aware of the test result. 111 said no need for student to go home.

The student was sat in reception the day before, sat on a coach for a school trip full of students prior to that. Whole school assembly. Still doing biometric thumb prints for canteen food.

Husband of positive case came in to reception, picking up another student, who was feeling unwell and felt like a cold was coming on. We ignored 111 advice, and sent both students home to self isolate.

Everything just carried on as normal after that. No cleaning. No information on what to do about contact students had with others.

We continued to have many students in throughout the afternoon, many with a dry cough, many with a fever. There's no where to put them.

Then we have 'helpful' comments from staff members saying 'you know they should be sat 2 metres apart with a cough/fever' and 'wish I hadn't come in here and exposed myself now'

But we are exposed. Every day. And I've had a shed load of bugs already. I feel like I work in a doctors surgery.

With coronavirus, it's just brought it all to such a realisation how at risk I am.

Over the top? Tell me I'm making a mountain out of a molehill?

What would you do? There's no hand sanitiser. We're not checking anyone coming in. We don't even have a thermometer to check for temperatures. There's no real guidance, and no one seems to taking this seriously. Lots of laughter, and 'flu kills more' type of comments.

But if it carries on, it won't be a case of IF but WHEN I get it.

That was longer than I thought it would be. Sorry.

My concern is for the many poorly students we have who are compromised with their heath.

If that's the current advice then I guess they're not doing anything wrong.

I just wonder morally where we stand, about protecting the more vulnerable amongst us.

And I wonder where we stand about keeping parents in the dark, especially those who are compromised with their health (both them and/or their children).

South here too.

I am thinking very carefully about whether I will send my kids in tomorrow or not. Yes I understand that it will be difficult, we have been in the whole weekend, and that was tough enough, but this is so serious, all over the world schools have shut, and our stupid government, with a chronically understaffed and underfunded health service is doing this, whilst indicating they are implementing measures to suppress spread, they even bungled isolation for older people today.

Oh and Greater London here.

Two cases in my school. Not even a deep clean 🙄

If a school has a suspected case of CV, the Public Health England advice is for affected child/adult to self isolate, and do nothing. Do not inform parents, do not deep clean, just do nothing...

It seems as though everything will carry on as normal, whilst asking over 70's to self isolate. Which means it will rip through the population.

But at what cost?

I work in a school too. We are open for children of key workers and the most vulnerable. I'm in south East England
On Monday a parent tried to drop off her kids...the same kids that were sent home last Friday displaying symptoms!

We have been told a big deep clean by our normal cleaning team can't be done while schools open and people coming and going. If we have a confirmed case we will shit for a professional deep clean