Management of confirmed or suspected cases

1. 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 14 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 Cases
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 14
days from the last date of close
contact with that individual.

2. If employees are feeling unwell:
• Employees who are not feeling well must be sent home
• Seek medical attention / self- medicate.
• They must remain at home for 3-5 days for illness to pass.
• Employee to provide medical note upon returning to work if medical attention is sought.
• If possible, and approved by management, employee maybe allowed to work from home.
Communication
• Employers should update employees on a regular basis on COVID-19 and the affect it will have on business operations.
• Communications should be made possible by email, and notice boards around the workplaces.
• Employees should be made aware if someone in the workplace has tested positive in order to create awareness
• Enhance internal reporting and communication channels
• Proactively review absenteeism of all employees. Those employees who do not report to work with a valid reason, should be
contacted and a COVID-19 symptom check should be done telephonically
Note:
• Workers who are ill at home must stay at home
• if they have COVID-19 symptoms they must inform their line manager / supervisor immediately

3. 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 14 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
diagnosed or suspected
to have COVID-19, then
follow ensure employee
is tested and self-
isolates.