If an employee is found to have come into close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case, they will be required to self-isolate for 10 days from the last date of contact. Close contact is defined as being within 1 meter of an infected person for over 15 minutes. The company will also investigate other employees who were in close contact and require them to self-isolate. If an employee learns of close contact outside work, they must alert their manager and self-isolate until being tested. If an employee is suspected to have or contracts COVID-19 at work, they will be isolated. Health officials will be contacted and advised on next steps. The infected employee will be provided transportation. Areas they accessed will

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Close Contact with
Confirmed Case
Employees who have
come into close contact
with an individual who
has tested positive for
COVID-19 (co-worker or
otherwise) will be
directed to self-isolate for
10 days from the last date
of close contact with that
individual.
Close contact is defined as approximately one (1) meter for over 15 minutes.
If the Company learns that an employee has tested positive, the COVID-19
response team will conduct an investigation to determine co-workers who may
have had close contact with the confirmed positive employee.
Those employees who have had close contact will need to self-isolate for 10 days
from the last date of close contact with that employee.
If applicable, the COVID-19 response team will also notify any sub-contractors,
vendors/suppliers or visitors who may have had close contact with the
confirmed-positive employee.
If an employee learns that he or she has come into close contact with a
confirmed-positive individual outside of the workplace, he/she must alert his/her
line manager / supervisor immediately, seek testing and self-isolate until his/her
results have been received.
Lesson 5: Management of confirmed or suspected casesManagement of Confirmed or Suspected Cases

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Confirmed or Suspected Case in the Workplace
If an employee contracts COVID-19 at the workplace or is displaying symptoms, the following protocols should be
undertaken:
Isolate the sick
employee.
Inform – call the national
COVID-19 hotline (0800
029 999) and follow the
advice of health officials.
Transport – ensure the
individual has transport
to their home or medical
facility.
Clean the area where the
person was working and
all places they have
been. This may mean
evacuating those areas.
Identify who at the
workplace had close
contact with the infected
person. Send those
people home to isolate
for 10 days and continue
to monitor their
temperature and
symptoms remotely.
Clean the area where the
close contact people
were working and all
common areas they have
been. This may mean
evacuating those areas.
Review risk management
controls relating to
COVID-19 and review
whether work may need
to change. Keep
employees up to date
with relevant
information.
If the employee is not at
work when he / she is
suspected to have
COVID-19, then ensure
employee is tested and
self-isolates.

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SYMPTOM SCREENING
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Do you have:
• Fever
• Shortness of breath
• Sore throat
• Cough
• Myalgia/ body aches
• Loss of smell or taste
• Nausea/ vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• Irritability/ confusion
• Weakness or tiredness
• Have you or someone you have been in contact with travelled, outside the country in the last 14 - 21 days?
• Have you been exposed to someone who has COVID-19?