1. The club needs to report the case to Club Compliance Officer who needs to report to Provincial/District/National Compliance Officers.

2. The venue: determine which areas are likely to have been contaminated by the case, close these areas and clean these down, using standard cleaning procedures. Deep cleaning, fogging etc is not necessary. If a large number of areas are likely to have been contaminated, and this cannot be cleaned quickly, then close the venue until properly cleaned.

3. The exposed people: determine the “risk of exposure”. If the individual was in close contact (<1.5m) for a prolonged period (>15min) without either party wearing a mask, then you can assume the exposure risk is high. If not, assume the exposure risk is low. If low risk, return to facility, using a mask, social distance etc. If high risk, then self-isolate for 14 days.

The swimmer with the symptoms should not be permitted to enter the venue.

If the swimmer is already in the venue, the swimmer must be isolated, provided with a mask, wash their hands, and arrangements must be made for the swimmer to be transported to be in self-isolation.

The club/swim school should disinfect the area that the swimmer came in contact with.

The compliance officer and all people that came into close contact with the swimmer should be notified.

The person with the symptoms should not be permitted to enter the venue.

If the person is already in the venue, the symptomatic person must be isolated, provided with a mask, wash their hands, and arrangements must be made for the swimmer to be transported to be in self-isolation (if < 55 yrs old and with no comorbidities) or for a medical examination or testing (if >55 yrs and / or with comorbidities). While the person awaits their test results, the person must remain in self-isolation.

The club/swim school is not obliged to test everyone, but should an employee test positive, the employer should identify close contacts of the employee and either send these for testing or self-quarantine depending on whether they have symptoms or not and on whether they meet the testing criteria or not (>55 yrs old and / or comorbidities).

The area that the employee operated in should be disinfected.

The closure of the swim school/club depends on the number of employees/swimmers tested positive, the exposure of these employees/swimmers to others and the area of the venue affected.

If there is a positive case of Covid-19 in a venue, the compliance officer must immediately be notified.

The deep cleaning does not need to be done by a registered cleaning company.

The extent of cleaning will depend on the number of people that could have been infected and the extent to which the case/s moved around the venue. If the case ‘passed through’ the venue without touching anything and without spending much time in face-to-face communication with others, then simple cleaning measures are appropriate. However, if they spent a lot of time in the venue, touched and handled many objects and surfaces and had close contact with many people, then more comprehensive cleaning of the environment would be warranted, and it will take more time to interview contacts and determine if they had close contact.

If an employee tests positive, all areas where the employee worked should be thoroughly cleaned with soap and water and wiped down with a diluted bleach solution (dilute 30ml of bleach per litre of water to give a 0.1% mixture). If the area cannot be cleaned with soap and water then it should be wiped down carefully with a bleach solution, or a 70% alcohol solution.

The area to be cleaned will be specific to each case and includes the kitchen, staff room, canteen, toilet facilities, equipment, door handles, work stations, computers and counters among others. If large surface areas and large numbers of objects need to be cleaned and disinfected then the venue may need to close temporarily while this is being done.

If an employee tests positive, all other employees should be interviewed to assess their level of exposure and whether they need to be quarantined or not.

If an employee has been in close contact (less than 1.5m for more than 15 minutes) with the positive employee, and displays Covid-19 symptoms, if they are older than 55 yrs and / or have comorbidities, they should be tested; if they are younger than 55 yrs and have no comorbidities, they should self-isolate.

If an employee has been in close contact with the positive employee and had no or inadequate PPE, but has no Covid-19 symptoms, they should self-quarantine for 14 days from the last date of contact with the positive employee and if they start to show symptoms, should be tested if older than 55 yrs and / or have comorbidities.

If an employee was in close contact with the positive employee but was wearing PPE and has no Covid-19 symptoms or if an employee has not been in close contact with the positive employee and has no Covid-19 symptoms, they may continue working, but should self-monitor for 14 days. If they begin to show symptoms, they should be managed accordingly.

If clusters of employees are tested positive, the whole relevant shift may have to go into quarantine and be asked to monitor for Covid-19 symptoms.

If an employee tests positive, they do not need to test negative before returning to work. Instead an employee should return to work based on the following:

• Asymptomatic positive Covid-19 patient: Return to work 14 days after date of testing positive for Covid-19

• Mild disease positive Covid-19 patient: Return to work 14 days after symptoms are displayed.

• Severe disease positive Covid-19 patient: Return to work 14 days after clinical stability achieved. This date will be determined by staff at the hospital.

• If the patient was sent for testing and is awaiting results while in quarantine, and then tests negative: return to work the day after they receive the negative test result.

• Contacts in quarantine: return to work 14 days after potential exposure.

Insufficient data exists globally to confirm whether a person that has previously contracted COVID-19 will not contract it again.

Therefore, in the event that you are a high risk i.e. you have been in close contact with the person and have not worn a mask at all time, you are expected to self-quarantine for 14 days from when the person was tested.

If you have not been in close contact with the positive person and you have no Covid-19 symptoms, you may continue working, but should self-monitor for 14 days. If you begin to show symptoms, you should go into self-quarantine and get tested if required.

If you have been in close contact with the person, but wore a mask at all times, then you may continue to work and would be expected to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days.