Covid safety guidance

Covid information for students

Keep yourself and others safe

What to do if you or people you live with come into contact with coronavirus

We all have a crucial role in keeping each other safe, and the campus open. Remember to:

Wash your hands
Wear a face covering
Maintain social distancing
Use the NHS Covid-19 app
Observe the Government's rules on who you can meet and where

If you have symptoms (high temperature; a new, continuous cough; or the loss or change of sense of taste or smell) you must:

Self-isolate along with your household for the required time
Arrange a COVID-19 test by contacting the NHS
Inform the University through your MyPort Hub, your personal tutor, and the central Covid reporting team through the Covid-19 Report Form

If you test positive you must:

Co-operate with NHS Test & Trace to help identify ‘close contacts’
Remain self-isolated until it is safe to return to campus (see examples below)
Keep the University informed of your circumstances - through your MyPort Hub, your personal tutor, and the central Covid reporting team through the Covid-19 Report For m

You may also wish to contact the following if you need support:

The Res Life Team if you need accommodation support by emailing reslife@port.ac.uk or calling +44 (0)23 9284 3789, +44 (0)23 9284 4578 or +44 (0)23 9284 3924
Welfare services such as the Student Wellbeing Service by emailing wellbeing-admin@port.ac.uk or calling +44 (0)23 9284 3466

We will work with you to keep you safe and supported through any periods of self-isolation, but it is important for you, your household, the University and the city of Portsmouth to work together and follow the guidance to keep each other safe and the campus open.

What to do if:

I have symptoms

You must:

Self isolate
Contact the NHS to arrange a test
Inform the University (as above)

You can return to campus:

10 days from start of symptoms and provided you feel well

I have tested positive

You must:

Self-isolate
Provide the NHS Test & Trace with requested details
Inform the University (as above)

You can return to campus:

If you had a test because you had symptoms, 10 days from when your symptoms started provided you feel well.

Or if you had a test but have not had symptoms, 10 days from when you had the test provided you feel well

I am in the same household as someone who has symptoms (but have no symptoms myself)

You must:

Self-isolate
Inform the University (as above)

There is no need to contact the NHS to have a test

You can return to campus:

14 days from the start of your symptoms, or immediately if your test comes back negative and there are no other symptoms in the household and you feel well.

I am in the same household as someone who has tested positive (but have no symptoms myself)

You must:

Self-isolate
Inform the University (as above)

There is no need to contact the NHS to have a test

You can return to campus:

14 days from the start of their symptoms, there are no other symptoms in the household and you feel well

I have been in close contact with someone with symptoms (but have no symptoms myself)

There is no need to self-isolate or contact the NHS to have a test. It's recommended that you take the asymptomatic test at the University, provided no symptoms on that day.

You should continue to comply with mitigation measures (e.g. hand wash, face coverings, social distancing and use the NHS Test & Trace app).

I have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive (but have no symptoms myself)

You must:

Inform the University (as above)

If you are contacted by NHS Test & Trace, you will need to self-isolate. There is no need to contact the NHS to have a test

You can return to campus:

If you were contacted by NHS Test & Trace and told to self-isolate, you can return to campus 14 days from when you came into contact with the individual who tested positive

I live in a household with someone who is self-isolating because they were in close contact with someone who tested positive

There is no need to self-isolate or take a test.

You should continue to comply with mitigation measures (e.g. hand wash, face coverings, social distancing and use the NHS Test & Trace app).

I have had symptoms, but tested negative

You should have already:

Self-isolated
Tested through the NHS
Informed the University (as above)

You can return to campus:

Immediately you receive a negative test, so long as neither you, nor anyone else in your household, has symptoms.

I am self-isolating because I live in the same household as someone who has symptoms, but I have tested negative

You should have already:

Self-isolated
Informed the University (as above)

You can return to campus:

14 days from the start of their symptoms and if you feel well

I am in the same household as someone who has tested positive, but I have tested negative

You should have already:

Self-isolated
Informed the University (as above)

You can return to campus:

14 days from the start of their symptoms and if you feel well

I have been contacted by NHS Test & Trace and told to self-isolate because I was in close contact with someone who has tested positive, but I have tested negative

You should have already:

Self-isolated
Informed the University (as above)

You can return to campus:

14 days from when you came into contact with the individual who tested positive and you feel well.

All of the above guidance is subject to change - please review the latest guidance on the gov.uk website.