Coronavirus at office

[mr hil.]

Surely by declaring that you signed it means you have broken it....

[GRS]

Makes me laugh that when someone normally phones in sick, exactly what’s wrong with them is all round the office in couple of hours for everyone else to ridicule and question why they need time off for their ailment. Yet when someone’s got Covid it’s all kept quiet and hush hush under people’s right to privacy. Nothing to do with the fact that others being in contact with the Covid victim have to isolate is it by any chance?

[Maleev68]

I work in a mail centre. I received a notification via the nhs track and tracer app that I needed to isolate for 6 days as I had been in contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus. This could only be through work. Yet I’m quite fortunate that I work by myself doing my duty more than 2 metres from anyone. Near the table I work at within 2 metres of me are two wall sockets where people are continually using to charge their mobile phones. I believe this to be the most likely source of my isolation notification via the app. It occurs to me that this is probably quite widespread within mail centres and delivery offices and if Royal Mail was on the ball, the charging of phones on work premises would be banned particularly during this pandemic due to costs paying someone without any symptoms to isolate and keeping several thousand casuals on longer than would be necessary.

[rambo1]

I disagree, surely whatever illness someone is off with should remain private and confidential. Track and trace is the legal standpoint of informing someone they have been in contact and have to isolate. Other than that or showing symptoms yourself, you must go to work however ridiculous this may seem. That's why this virus is dragging on and on I'm afraid.

It’s not private when there is a pandemic as we are trying to stop the spread, and also according to nhs website anyone who has been in close contact with that person needs to isolate If you read what this means it’s quite possible that many people in the delivery office fall into that category and you wouldn’t have track and trace because you don’t scanning at work, so the manager should have informed the staff especially those who have been in close contact with him and it is this lack of caring and following correct correct procedures which is why we are in such a state in this country and the pandemic is almost out of control and still deaths rising

Track and trace is the responsibility of the person who tested positive to inform track and trace who they know they've been within 2m of for 15min , not the manager. If you don't get contacted by track and trace then you don't self isolate.

[nutcracker]

I disagree, surely whatever illness someone is off with should remain private and confidential. Track and trace is the legal standpoint of informing someone they have been in contact and have to isolate. Other than that or showing symptoms yourself, you must go to work however ridiculous this may seem. That's why this virus is dragging on and on I'm afraid.

It’s not private when there is a pandemic as we are trying to stop the spread, and also according to nhs website anyone who has been in close contact with that person needs to isolate If you read what this means it’s quite possible that many people in the delivery office fall into that category and you wouldn’t have track and trace because you don’t scanning at work, so the manager should have informed the staff especially those who have been in close contact with him and it is this lack of caring and following correct correct procedures which is why we are in such a state in this country and the pandemic is almost out of control and still deaths rising

Track and trace is the responsibility of the person who tested positive to inform track and trace who they know they've been within 2m of for 15min , not the manager. If you don't get contacted by track and trace then you don't self isolate.

within 2m for 15 minutes....no wonder we’re almost top of deaths per capita by country

[Ali831]

The official test and trace close contacts criteria is under 1 metre for 'any' length of time so a face to face conversation or side by side for example.
Then between 1 metre and 2 metres for 15 mins or more. Anything over 2 metres is not classed as a close contact.

[SpacePhoenix]

The official test and trace close contacts criteria is under 1 metre for 'any' length of time so a face to face conversation or side by side for example.
Then between 1 metre and 2 metres for 15 mins or more. Anything over 2 metres is not classed as a close contact.

1m at "any" time would basically be whole shifts as you're bound to come within 1m at some point with everyone, even if it's just pushing yorks, mini yorks, kanbans or hardies around

[Ali831]

The official test and trace close contacts criteria is under 1 metre for 'any' length of time so a face to face conversation or side by side for example.
Then between 1 metre and 2 metres for 15 mins or more. Anything over 2 metres is not classed as a close contact.

1m at "any" time would basically be whole shifts as you're bound to come within 1m at some point with everyone, even if it's just pushing yorks, mini yorks, kanbans or hardies around

But it's only if any of those people test positive, they should be asked for details of their contacts using that criteria. This is why one person can result in many more having to isolate and the importance of social distancing which we know isn't possible or abided by.

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[Lou84]

Someone at our office tested positive on Tuesday, after their long weekend off.
Nothing has been said today about this covid case, what is the official procedure ?
Apparently the cleaner was called back into work yesterday afternoon.

[Ali831]

Someone at our office tested positive on Tuesday, after their long weekend off.
Nothing has been said today about this covid case, what is the official procedure ?
Apparently the cleaner was called back into work yesterday afternoon.

From the government side of things you only need to isolate if your app tells you to, test and trace contact you or if you or anyone in your household develops symptoms.
What RM does is another matter!

[DiamondSmiles]

This happened to me to. On day one of my leave i was told via a colleague that the person working behind me on the Saturday before had tested positive. My manager didn't inform me of this as he should have. Thankfully because the colleague told me i made sure i didn't see my mother for 10 days after as a precaution. I dread to think what would have happened if it had been passed on to me unknowingly and i saw my mother that week, putting her in grave danger after nobody from work had bothered to warn me.

[steve1873]

I disagree, surely whatever illness someone is off with should remain private and confidential. Track and trace is the legal standpoint of informing someone they have been in contact and have to isolate. Other than that or showing symptoms yourself, you must go to work however ridiculous this may seem. That's why this virus is dragging on and on I'm afraid.

It’s not private when there is a pandemic as we are trying to stop the spread, and also according to nhs website anyone who has been in close contact with that person needs to isolate If you read what this means it’s quite possible that many people in the delivery office fall into that category and you wouldn’t have track and trace because you don’t scanning at work, so the manager should have informed the staff especially those who have been in close contact with him and it is this lack of caring and following correct correct procedures which is why we are in such a state in this country and the pandemic is almost out of control and still deaths rising

Correct. This isn't just our health that is being placed at risk, but our families as well.

Whilst confidentiality is valid, the manager should informing test and trace anyone that has been in close contact, which might well turn out to be entire office but tough s**t. Close contact isn't just 2m for 15 minutes, if you are within 1 metre for any length of time you are considered a close contact.

So walk past someone positive in an aisle. You are now by definition a close contact and have to isolate.

[k979aaa]

Placed at risk is that not what we are doing all of us everyday we leave our houses for any reason some shopping others selling drugs needs must. This is a cold virus and a bad one it is not Ebola virus or the Black death or even the flu of 1918. The best YOU can do is go sick for 7 days stop the spread of whatever you have or not have come back into work have a face to face meeting with your manager and a stage warning issued!