What to do when …

… I suspect I came in contact with someone who is Covid-positive?

If you exhibit none of the main symptoms of Covid-19 (increased temperature, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, headache, joint pain, fatigue but also loss of taste and/or smell) you need not stay at home and you need not get tested for Covid-19. Covid test can be done at your own request but it will not be covered by your health insurance. In case you start exhibiting symptoms of a respiratory illness, stay at home and contact your GP.

…I was in close contact with a Covid-positive person?

First of all, it must be determined whether this was a high-risk contact! To do that, it must be determined whether this was a person with whom you share household (and who is a Covid patient), whether actual physical contact with Covid-positive person took place (e.g. a handshake), or whether a direct unprotected contact with contagious secretions of Covid-positive person took place. Other high-risk situations involve personal contact such as staying in a closed environment (room, car, waiting room) with a Covid-positive person for over 15 minutes at less than 2 meter distance or contact with health personnel or social workers caring for Covid-positive persons, etc.

If so, contact by phone or email your GP (Hygiene Station), inform them about the situation and await their decision regarding further steps (test, quarantine, self-isolation, observation, etc.) and then inform the head of your department/institute in case of students a teacher or subject guarantor and send a mail to eva.zakova@lf1.cuni.cz

… I am not feeling well, I feel unwell?

In case you are running fever for less than two days, it is unlikely to be Covid-19. In such case, stay in self-isolation, keep track of your condition, and use medication against fever.

· In case of fever lasting for longer than two days or if you suffer from dry cough without fever, phone your GP.

· In case you have breathing problems or fever with dry cough, call 144 immediately and follow operator’s instructions.

... I suffer from loss of taste or smell. Is it a symptom of Covid-19?

In case of confirmed Covid infection, inform the head of department/institute, in case of students their teacher or subject guarantor and send an email to eva.zakova@lf1.cuni.cz