Current information

Coronavirus disease risk. Information for the academic community of WPUT in Szczecin 12.03.2020 13:37

In view of the information received about successive coronavirus outbreaks, all persons who have recently visited China, Hong Kong, South Korea, northern Italy (specifically to/from the area of Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont, Emilia Romagna) and Lazio, Iran, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore – are advised to exercise extreme caution and monitor their health.

We advise to follow the announcements of the Chief Sanitary Inspector and other relevant services and strictly comply with their recommendations (https://gis.gov.pl/aktualnosci/informacja-glownego-inspektora-sanitarnego-dla-osob-powracajacych-z-polnocnych-wloch/).

We request WPUT academic community for understanding and not to yield to collective panic and maintain a rational approach to the current coronavirus disease risk in Poland.

 

Should any disturbing symptoms (high temperature, persistent cough) occur, please contact the District Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Szczecin immediately. Any negative symptoms and ailments, especially concerning the respiratory system, should be an immediate signal to see a doctor specializing in infectious diseases.

 

DISTRICT SANITARY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STATION IN SZCZECIN

Address: ul. Wincentego Pola 6, 71-342 Szczecin
Phone no.: 91 4 870 313, 91 4 849 351, +48 694 493 767
Office hours: Mon-Fri  7.25 am – 3.00 pm
E-mail: psse.szczecin@pis.gov.pl

 

 

CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR INFORMATIN FOR TRAVELLERS RETURNING FROM NORTHERN ITALY

(compiled based on ECDC and WHO data) Warsaw, 24 Feb 2020

In the last few days, an increasing number of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections has been observed in northern Italy (Lombardy, Veneto, Piedmont, Emilia Romania, Lazio).

If you have been to northern Italy in the last 14 days and:
1) you have experienced symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing problems:
· immediately inform the sanitary and epidemiological station by phone
· or report directly to the infectious ward or observation and infectious ward, where further medical procedure will be determined.

2)  you have not experienced the above-mentioned symptoms: monitor your health for the next 14 days, i.e. measure your body temperature every day and pay attention to the appearance of flu-like symptoms (feeling unwell, muscle pain, cough).

If:

a) after 14 days of self-observation the above-mentioned symptoms did not occur, stop the monitoring.
b) you observe the above-mentioned symptoms within 14 days of selfobservation:
· immediately inform the sanitary and epidemiological station by phone
· or report directly to the infectious ward or observation and infectious ward, where further medical procedure will be determined.

3) you have had contact with a person who is ill or infected with coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, immediately inform the sanitary and epidemiological station by phone.

At the moment, there are no grounds for taking excessive measures such as quarantining people returning from the regions of Northern Italy, refusing to participate in school classes and closing schools.

It is also necessary to observe sanitary rules, including: frequently washing hands with soap and water, and if this is not possible, e.g. during travel, disinfecting them with an alcohol-based agent.