Updated Guides and Information
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Your child has symptoms
A student that shows symptoms of Covid-19 should not attend school. Current advice is If your child is age 4 or older and has symptoms, continue to do regular antigen tests. If their test results are negative, continue to isolate them until they've had no symptoms for 48 hours.
- If you have symptoms of COVID-19, and are aged 4 to 39 you should use antigen tests. Do not book a PCR test.
- You can book antigen tests online from the HSE. Only book 1 kit per person.
- You also need to self-isolate (stay in your room). There is a high risk you could spread the virus.
- Follow this advice even if you had your first round of COVID-19 vaccines, a booster, or a positive PCR test in the past 3 months.
Link to request free HSE antigen tests
How to do your antigen tests
- You need to do 3 antigen tests.
- Do the first one as soon as possible. Do the second test 24 hours later. Do the third test 24 hours after that.
- If any of your antigen tests are positive, you need to self-isolate (stay in your room) and book a PCR test.
- If you get 3 negative (not detected) antigen test results, continue to self-isolate until you have not had symptoms for 48 hours.
- You should also report your negative antigen result online. This helps us learn more about antigen testing.
- A negative antigen test does not mean that you do not have COVID-19.
- If you have an invalid test result, do another antigen test.
Your child is a close contact
Letter issued to Parents/ Guardians 5/1/22 - Click here
What to do if your child has symptoms - Click Here
Symptoms of COVID-19
The most common symptoms of COVID-19 (coronavirus) are:
Less common symptoms of COVID-19 include:
- loss or change to your sense of smell or taste– this could mean they're completely gone or just different to normal
- nasal congestion (runny or blocked nose)
- conjunctivitis(also known as red eye or pink eye)
- sore throat
- headache
- muscle or joint pain (aches and pains)
- different types of skin rash
- nausea or vomiting
- diarrhoea
- chills or dizziness
Severe symptoms
Symptoms of severe COVID‐19 include:
COVID-19 symptoms can be like symptoms of cold, flu or hay fever.