Metcalfe Nursery School Covid-19 Pre-screening

COVID-19 Procedures

Please review the Safety Guidelines before participating in a Metcalfe Nursery School program.

This document will be reviewed and revised as new information is shared by the Ministry of Education and Ottawa Public Health.

Pre-Screening Form

Please fill out the following form prior to bringing your child(ren) to Metcalfe Nursery School programs.

Check the note at the bottom of the form prior to submission to see whether you should stay home or come to work/school, based on your answers.

MNS Pre Screening Form

Students and children must screen for COVID-19 every day before going to school or child care. Parents/guardians can fill this out on behalf of a child.

Name(Required)

First Last

Date(Required)

Phone(Required)

Program Site:(Required)

Children(Required)

1. In the last [5, 10] days, has the student/child experienced any of these symptoms?

• If the student/child is fully vaccinated OR 11 years old or younger, use 5 days.
• If the student/child is 12 years of age or older, and not fully vaccinated OR if they are immune compromised, use 10 days.

Anyone who is sick or has any new or worsening symptoms of illness, including those not listed below, should stay home until their symptoms are improving for 24 hours (or 48 hours for nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea) and should seek assessment from their health care provider if needed. Household members of individuals with any of the below symptoms should stay home at the same time as the person who is sick, regardless of vaccination status.

If the student/child is symptomatic and has tested negative for COVID-19 on a single PCR test or rapid molecular test, or two rapid antigen tests (RAT) taken 24-48 hours apart, you do not have a fever, and symptoms have been improving for 24 hours (or 48 hours for nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea), you may answer "no" to all symptoms.

Choose any/all that are new, worsening, and not related to other known causes or conditions they already have.

Fever and/or chills ( temperature 37.8°C/100.0°F or higher and/or chills)

Cough or barking cough (croup) (continuous, more than usual, making a whistling noise when breathing, not related to asthma, post-infectious reactive airways, or other known causes or conditions they already have)

Shortness of breath (out of breath, unable to breathe deeply, not related to asthma, or other known causes or conditions they already have)

Decrease or loss of taste or smell (not related to seasonal allergies, neurological disorders, or other known causes or conditions they already have)

2. In the last [5, 10] days, has the student/child experienced any of these symptoms?

• If the student/child is fully vaccinated OR 11 years old or younger, use 5 days
• If the student/child is 12 years of age or older and not fully vaccinated OR if they are immune compromised, use 10 days
You may select “No” to all symptoms if you tested negative for COVID-19 on a PCR test, a rapid molecular test, or two rapid antigen tests taken 24 to 48 hours apart AND you do not have a fever and your symptoms have been improving for 24 hours (48 hours if you have nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea).
Choose any/all that are new, worsening, and not related to other known causes or conditions they already have.

Sore throat or difficulty swallowing (painful swallowing, not related to seasonal allergies, acid reflux, or other known causes or conditions you already have)

Runny or stuffy/congested nose (not related to seasonal allergies, being outside in cold weather, or other known causes or conditions you already have)

Headache (Unusual, long-lasting, not related to tension-type headaches, chronic migraines, or other known causes or conditions you already have. If the student/child received a COVID-19 and/or flu vaccination in the last 48 hours and is experiencing a mild headache that only began after vaccination, select "no")

Extreme tiredness (Unusual fatigue, lack of energy, poor feeding in infants [not related to depression, insomnia, thyroid disfunction, sudden injury, or other known causes or conditions they already have. If the student/child received a COVID-19 and/or flu vaccination in the last 48 hours and is experiencing mild fatigue and/or mild muscle aches/joint pain that only began after vaccination, select "no"

Muscle aches or joint pain (If the student/child received a COVID-19 and/or flu vaccination in the last 48 hours and is experiencing mild fatigue and/or mild muscle aches/joint pain that only began after vaccination, select "No"

Nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea (not related to irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, menstrual cramps, or other known causes or conditions they already have)

3. In the last [5, 10] days, has the student/child tested positive for COVID-19?(Required)

This includes a positive COVID-19 test result on a lab-based PCR test, rapid molecular test, rapid antigen test, or home-based self-testing kit.

• If the student/child is fully vaccinated OR 11 years old or younger, use 5 days
• If the student/child is 12 years of age or older and not fully vaccinated OR if they are immune compromised, use 10 days.

Select "No" if you have already completed your isolation period of [5, 10] days because your symptoms started before your positive test result AND:

The student/child's symptoms have been improving for 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea) AND
The student/child does not have a fever

Yes

4. Do any of the following apply?(Required)

• The student/child lives with someone who is currently isolating because of a positive COVID-19 test
• The student/child lives with someone who is currently isolating because of COVID-19 symptoms (any one or more symptoms from question 1 above, or any two or more symptoms from question 2 above)
• The student/child lives with someone who is waiting for COVID-19 test results.

Select "No" if the student/child completed their isolation after testing positive in the last 90 days (using a rapid antigen, rapid molecular, or PCR test).

Yes

5. In the last [5, 10] days, has the student/child been identified as a "close contact" of someone who currently has COVID-19, or has symptoms of COVID-19 (any one or more of the symptoms from question 1 above or any two or more symptoms from question 2 above)?(Required)

The student/child is fully vaccinated, not immunocompromised, and does not live with the person who has COVID-19
The student/child completed their isolation after testing positive in the last 90 days (using a rapid antigen, rapid molecular, or PCR test)
Contact with the person who has COVID-19 or symptoms of COVID-19 only occurred within a school or child care setting.

Note: Given the multiple protective strategies in place, contacts who are only exposed at school or child care are not generally considered close contacts requiring isolation.

Yes

6. Has a doctor, health care provider, or public health unit told you that the student/child should currently be isolating (staying at home)?(Required)

This can be because of an outbreak or contact tracing.

Yes

7. Do any of the following apply?(Required)

• In the last 14 days, the student/child travelled outside of Canada and was told to quarantine
• In the last 14 days, the student/child travelled outside of Canada and was told to not attend school/child care.
• In the last 14 days, someone the student/child lives with has returned from travelling outside of Canada and is isolating while awaiting results of a COVID-19 test.

Yes

Results of Screening Questions

If you answered "No" to all questions, your child may go to school/child care. Follow your school/child care provider's established process for letting staff know about this result.

• As per regular protocols, all sick individuals with any symptoms of illness should stay home and seek assessment from their regular health car provider if required.

• Individuals with severe symptoms requiring emergency care should go to their nearest emergency department.

• If the individual got a COVID-19 vaccine or flu shot in the last 48 hours and is experiencing mild fatigue/tiredness, muscle aches, and/or joint pain that only began after vaccination, they must wear a properly fitted mask for the entire time at school/child care. They may take the mask off to quickly eat or drink and must stay at least two metres away from others while it is off. If their symptoms worsen, continue past 48 hours, or if they develop other symptoms, they should leave school/child care immediately to isolate.

If you answered "YES" to ANY question, your child cannot go to school or child care. Contact your school/child care provider to let them know that your child will not be attending school today. See below for isolation and testing requirements.

NOTE: When the option of [5, 10] days is listed:

• If the student/child is fully vaccinated OR 11 years old or younger, use 5 days
• If the student/child is 12 years old or older AND is not fully vaccinated OR is immune compromised, use 10 days.

If you answered "Yes" to any of the symptoms listed under question 1, do not go to school or child care.

• The student/child must isolate (stay home) and not leave except to get tested or for a medical emergency.
• If the student/child is not tested, they must isolate for [5, 10] days from when symptoms started, and stay in isolation until their symptoms have been improving for 24 hours (or 48 hours after nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea), and they do not have a fever, whichever is longest.

• When determining the isolation period, the day your symptoms began is day 0. For example, for those isolating for 5 days, if you develop symptoms on Saturday (day 0), you can return to school on Friday (day 6).

• If testing is available:

• If a single PCR test, rapid antigen test, or rapid molecular test is positive, the student/child should follow the guidance above for "if you are not tested" and isolate for [5, 10] days.

• If a single PCR test or rapid molecular test is negative, or two rapid antigen tests collected 24-48 hours apart are both negative, the student/child may return to school/child care when their symptom(s) have been improving for at least 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea) and they do not have a fever.

• Household members must stay home at the same time as the student/child, whether they are fully vaccinated or not, unless they tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days and have already completed their isolation. is negative or two rapid antigen tests (RATs) collected 24-48 hours apart are both negative, the student/child may return to school/child care when their symptom(s) have been improving for 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea).

• Household members, including siblings, must stay home at the same time as the student/child whether they are fully vaccinated or not.

If you answered “YES” to any of the symptoms listed under question 2, do not go to school or child care.

• If the student/child has experienced only one of these symptoms in the last [5, 10] days the student/child must stay home until the symptom has been improving for at least 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea). A negative test result is not required for return to school/child care.

• If the student/child has been identified as a “close contact” of someone with COVID-19 in the last 10 days, even if they are fully vaccinated and the contact was not living with them, it is more likely that they have a COVID-19 infection. They must isolate for [5, 10] days and until they do not have a fever and their symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea).

• If the student/child has experienced two or more of these symptoms in the last [5, 10] days, they must stay home.

• If the student/child is not tested, they must isolate for [5, 10] days from when the symptoms started and stay in isolation until their symptoms have been improving for 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea), whichever is longest.

• If testing is available:

* If a single PCR test, rapid molecular test, or two rapid antigen tests collected 24-48 hours apart are both negative, the student/child may return to school/child care when their symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours (48 hours for nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea) and they do not have a fever.

NOTE: If you answered "YES" to question 1, follow question 1 guidance for next steps.

If you answered "Yes" to question 3, do not go to school or child care.

• The student/child must isolate (stay home) and not leave except to get tested or for a medical emergency.
• If the student/child must isolate for [5, 10] days from when symptoms started or from when they tested positive for COVID-19 (whichever was first) and stay in isolation until their symptoms have been improving for 24 hours (or 48 hours after nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea symptoms), whichever is longest.
• When determining the isolation period, the day the symptoms started or the student/child tested positive is day 0. For example, for those isolating for 5 days, if the student/child developed symptoms or tested positive on Saturday (day 0), they could return to school/child care on Friday (day 6). • Household members must stay home at the same time as the student/child, whether they are fully vaccinated or not, unless they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days and have already completed their isolation.

If you answered "Yes" to question 4, do not go to school or child care.

• The student/child must isolate (stay home) while there is anyone in the home who is isolating because of symptoms, a positive COVID-19 test result, or is waiting for a COVID-19 test result. The student/child should only leave home for a medical emergency.
• All household members must stay home at the same time as the household member who has COVID-19 symptoms or is a positive COVID-19 case, whether they are fully vaccinated or not, unless they tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 90 days and have already completed their isolation.
• If another household member develops symptoms or tests positive, the student/child must continue isolating until they have also finished their own isolation period. The initial household member(s) with symptoms and/or positive test results do not have to extend their isolation period based on other household members developing symptoms.

If you answered "Yes" to questions 5 and 6, do not go to school or child care.

• The student/child must isolate (stay home) for [5, 10] days and not leave except to get tested or for a medical emergency. When determining the isolation period, the day the symptoms started or the student/child tested positive is day 0. For example, for those isolating for 5 days, if the student/child developed symptoms or tested positive on Saturday (day 0), they could return to school/child care on Friday (day 6).
• As long as the student/child and their household members do not develop any symptoms, other people in the household can go to school, child care or work, but must not leave the home for other non-essential reasons.

If you answered "Yes" to question 7, do not go to school or child care.

• The student/child must follow federal guidelines for individuals who have travelled internationally, including not going to school/child care for 14 days after their arrival and getting tested as per federal requirements.
• If the student/child has been directed to quarantine, they must stay home for 14 days and not leave except to get tested or for a medical emergency. For more information on federal requirements for travellers, please see the Government of Canada's website.
• If someone the student/child lives with is isolating following return from travelling outside of Canada and received a take-home PCR test at the airport, is symptomatic following international travel OR is awaiting test results, the student must stay home until the individual has received a negative PCR test result or has completed their isolation period.
• If the student/child develops symptoms, follow isolation guidance found under results to “If you answered “YES” to any of the symptoms listed under question 1 do not go to school or child care.” and/or “If you answered “YES” to any of the symptoms listed under question 2, do not go to school or child care”.

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