High Temperature Following Immunisations - Covid-19

Dear Parent/Carers,

We have recieved advice regarding children showing temperatures following immunisations from Public Health Scotland.

Please ensure you read and follow the information below this message.

We all have a duty of care to follow all health guidance relating to covid-19 and in doing so will ensure the nursery remains open.

Kind Regards

WKEYC Team

Dear colleagues

We have contacted Public Health Scotland to seek clarity over children showing temperatures following immunisations. We would be grateful if all nurseries could follow this advice for children that have a high temperature or any other COVID symptoms, even if this follows a recent immunisation; and advise the parents of nursery children accordingly.

Public Health Scotland have advised that the nursery must continue to follow their protocol and the child is to be collected from nursery immediately if showing a high temperature, even if this follows from a recent immunisation. This is due to the risk that the child could have COVID as well as vaccine related fever. They should therefore follow the COVID-19 isolation guidance regardless of whether they have recently had a vaccine or not, and should be tested if they develop symptoms of COVID-19. Children must only return to nursery once they have been clear of a temperature for 48 hours and once any other COVID-related symptoms have cleared and following a negative COVID test result. Without a negative test result they must stay in isolation for 14 days since the start of symptoms.

If a child or anyone in a household has COVID symptoms (new continuous cough, high temperature, loss of smell or taste), household members should ALL stay at home and the person with symptoms should be tested.

A COVID test can be organised on the NHS Inform website - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-and-tracing/get-a-test-to-check-if-you-have-coronavirus/

Or organise a COVID test by phone 0800 028 2816

More advice on COVID can be found on the following NHS Inform websites