If you're receiving domiciliary care, or living in a nursing or residential care home, guidance for these settings is available from the Public Health Agency website: If you have concerns about attending school, you should speak with your GP or hospital consultant. Their advice can be shared with the school if you wish. The school can then decide if it needs to take any additional actions to further reduce any identified risks. Pupils who may be at higher risk from COVID-19 and clinically extremely vulnerable’ or ‘vulnerable’, or live with a family member that may be at higher risk from COVID-19 can still go to school. The Law Centre NI also offers free, independent, specialist legal advice on employment rights and has established a dedicated COVID-19 response team for COVID-19 related employment rights matters. Where you find that you have a disagreement with your employer, which you are unable to resolve, you should consider contacting the Labour Relations Agency (LRA). Information and advice for employers and employees on COVID-19 and working safely across a range of workplace settings is available on the nibusinessinfo website. You should discuss any individual needs and concerns with your employer to facilitate your return to the workplace in line with their work place policies.Īll employers have a 'duty of care' for staff and, in practice, this means taking all steps they reasonably can to support the health, safety and well-being of their staff. If you are at higher risk from COVID-19, or have been previously identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ or ‘vulnerable’ you are no longer being advised to work from home, in line with the rest of the population. Take advice from your GP, clinician/ specialist consultant if needed. There is no 'once size fits all' advice and you should consider what is best for you and the necessary precautions you can take to minimise personal risk.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): how to stay safe and help prevent the spread.If you are at higher risk from COVID-19 or have been previously identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ or ‘vulnerable’ it's important to continue to follow the recommended public health guidance which applies to the general population. There are now additional treatments available for selected groups of people with coronavirus who are thought to be at greater risk of being admitted to hospital and possible serious COVID-19 illness or death. It is vitally important that you continue to exercise great care. Whilst vaccination provides significant protection against serious illness, no vaccine is 100 per cent effective. Get a COVID-19 vaccination and booster in Northern Ireland.If your immune system has been severely suppressed, either as a result of an existing medical condition you have, or a treatment you’re currently receiving, you should have been contacted by your GP or hospital clinician with details on how to go about receiving a COVID-19 vaccination and any recommended booster vaccination doses.įurther information on where to get the COVID-19 vaccination and boosters doses is available at: If you are at higher risk from COVID-19, or previously identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV)’ or ‘vulnerable’ , the single most effective measure you can take to protect yourself is to get vaccinated, as well as getting any booster vaccination doses you are offered.
If you’re at higher risk from COVID-19 or previously identified as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ or ‘vulnerable’, remember that the virus is still in our communities and you may wish to take extra precautions. Everyone should take steps to reduce the risk of catching or spreading coronavirus (COVID-19).
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