Clarifications and Clarifications for the Protection of the Safety and Health of the College Community
Isolation and quarantine period
Taking into account what has been indicated by the doctors in charge of the EDUCatt Health Centre at the various sites, it is pointed out that at present there is no confirmation that, 21 days after the appearance of symptoms with no symptoms for at least a week but with a still positive swab, the person is no longer infectious.
Therefore, a student in the Foundation’s residential facilities must remain in isolation until the swab is completely negative. This decision is motivated by the fact that a positive student runs a high risk of being a vehicle for the transmission of the virus and therefore of endangering the health of the entire community, collegiate and otherwise.
In order to be able to interrupt theisolation/quarantine and resume a full social life within the Foundation’s residential facilities, it is necessary to have a negative swab certifying the student’s full recovery or, alternatively, an explicit authorisation to this effect issued by the competent health authorities. The fact remains, however, that the Foundation cannot prevent students who so wish from leaving the facility to return home.
As provided for in the Vademecum, students who leave the facility (check-out), should they subsequently wish to return, must present suitable certification of the negative swab results. However, the obligation to comply with the Foundation’s instructions for the return of students to the Colleges and Residences always remains.
In order to manage in the quickest, most effective and efficient way the various situations that may occur in this moment of emergency, the Foundation has appointed for each location a “Covid-19 Contact Person“, to whom all possible requests or reports must be sent, except for health aspects for which the EDUCatt Health Centre remains the reference point.
As always, the EDUCatt Foundation continues to offer maximum support to the entire collegiate community as far as it is able and as far as the critical nature of the current situation allows.