Communicable Diseases
Parents are requested to inform the school if a child has had a communicable or infectious disease and is required to observe the exclusion from school period. Public Health Department recommendations for the most common school-aged infectious diseases are listed below.
|
Disease |
Period of Exclusion |
| Chicken Pox | Until scabs are healed |
|
Conjunctivitis |
Until discharge from eyes has ceased |
|
Diphtheria |
Until medical certificate of recovery NB contacts excluded |
|
Glandular Fever |
Until child is well |
|
Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease |
Until all blisters have crusted |
|
Head Lice |
Until treatment has commenced |
|
Hepatitis A |
Until medical certificate of recovery produced |
|
Hepatitis B & C |
Not necessary |
| Measles |
At least 4 days after the onset of the rash |
| Mumps |
At least 9 days after the onset of symptoms |
| Ringworm |
Until the day after treatment has commenced |
| Scabies |
Until mites and eggs are destroyed |
| Whooping Cough |
For 2 weeks from onsets of illness or for 5 days after starting antibiotic treatment |
| COVID-19 |
One week after diagnosis and until no symptoms persist |
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