Controls for managing "Corona" cases in educational facilities in Dubai
The Rapid Response Team will track the mixing of students.
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The Dubai Health Authority has set controls for dealing with cases infected with the emerging corona virus in educational and academic facilities, by health facilities located in them, through a guideline recently issued.
The authority stated, in a circular of its destination to all health facilities licensed by it, in educational and academic facilities, that the new controls come with the aim of adopting best practices to prevent and combat the spread of Corona in the academic and educational circles, and to ensure that the authority is informed of the affected cases, and to maximize the effective management of “Covid cases -19 »Suspected or confirmed by the academic and educational community.
The authority stated that students and employees who suffer from symptoms should stay at home and seek medical advice, and when necessary, treatment must be done by a licensed doctor, until the "Covid-19" test is confirmed, and any student or employee suffering from chronic allergic rhinitis is required to present a certificate. From his attending physician in order to be eligible for exemption from the PCR test.
The authority stated that the health and safety committee for education or academic preparation is responsible for following up with the guardian of the injured student or employee, to verify the results of the final PCR diagnosis and request the submission of the confirmation report, and all cases that have symptoms reported on the school grounds must be referred immediately to the clinic On-site evaluation.
The controls included the necessity for officials in the school clinic in the educational facility to isolate the suspected case according to the case definitions available on the authority’s website, while informing the student’s guardian, guardians, or emergency contacts. If the suspected case is stable, the student or employee may be handed over to the parent. Or the competent person in the family or the contact point in emergency cases, and unstable cases must be managed by the ambulance service, and transferred when necessary to the hospital for treatment and medical follow-up.
The authority indicated that the medical team concerned with the educational or academic environment must notify the school health department at the authority via email schoolcovnotify@dha.gov.ae or by calling 800-888-888, and the Dubai Health Authority Rapid Response Team will manage the case and track the mixing Among students, students and staff can return to the educational or academic environment upon presentation of a certificate of recovery from a health facility, or by notifying the Dubai Health Authority.
The authority developed a protocol to track cases in contact with the infected case by using the attendance data of students and staff to immediately determine the group of people who had contact with the infected person during the two-day period before the onset of symptoms, as well as contacts from the date of collecting swabs for cases that are without symptoms.
Contact examination
Dubai Health clarified that it will examine all potential contact cases to identify confirmed cases, according to the definition of contact cases, and all contact cases or the parent (s) or guardian must be informed about their exposure to “Covid-19” without revealing the identity of the person who has been proven infected. With compulsory contact cases subject to home quarantine for a period of 14 days from the date of the last exposure to a confirmed case.
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