If your sample tests positive for COVID-19, we will contact you via phone and email using the details you provided on your testing materials. If we can’t get hold of you, we will send a text asking you to call us back. If you receive a positive result from a University test, then you should act as if you are symptomatic and you will be advised to do the following:
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Isolate
You must self-isolate immediately. If you are in a hall of residence, this means returning to your room and avoiding using communal areas. You are not obliged, and it is not your responsibility to tell your household or anyone else outside of the University about the result of your test, but you are free to do so.
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Notify the University
You must notify us as soon as possible by completing the student reporting form or staff reporting form. When prompted, select the option that says, “I have received a positive result from the University Testing Service”.
Once you have notified us, we will notify your household and tell them to self-isolate, providing you and them with the necessary advice and access to support.
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Seek a government test
Currently, our testing service isn’t linked to the NHS Test and Trace IT system. If you test positive, you must book a follow-up government test to confirm the result and provide the link into the national contact tracing programme. This is a requirement of the University. To book a test, including at one of the University local testing sites, visit the gov.uk website. Our testing team may also provide additional instructions and advice on securing this follow-up test when they contact you by phone.
You can leave self-isolation to take this government test, ensuring you do not take public transport. You must return to your accommodation immediately after taking the test until your isolation period is complete, or if you are notified that the government test result is negative.
If the result of your government test is negative, then this overrides the result of the University test.
You must update us with the results of your government test by completing the test outcomes form online.