Domestic workers who have contracted COVID 19 must not attend the workplace.

A domestic worker who has contracted COVID-19 can only return to work after he/she has completed a mandatory ten (10) day period of self-isolation counted from:

• the onset of symptoms (in mild cases not requiring hospitalization); or

• from the date of achieving clinical stability or earlier if the worker has undergone a medical examination confirming fitness to work (in moderate and severe cases requiring supplementary oxygen or hospitalization)

Symptoms must be checked upon return to work and it is also advisable that the employee be required to wear a surgical mask[i] for at least 21 days from the date of diagnosis.

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[i] A surgical mask is Class A medical device (3 -ply mask) categorised by the South African Health Products

Regulatory Authority.