January Arrivals and Orientation 2022

Pre-departure

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has created a Covid-19 Tracker App which we recommend that you download from the App Store https://covidtracker.gov.ie.

This will allow you to log any symptoms of Covid-19 each day prior to arrival in Ireland, for the 14 days of restricted moments after arrival and for your time in Ireland. The app automatically saves your symptom history and is useful for you as an individual to have that data if you experience a change in health status.

Keeping a note of your symptoms during this time period is an essential requirement. In line with national public health guidelines, we need to ensure that all travelling are free of Covid-19 symptoms for the 14 days prior to travelling. In order to do this, we are asking you to complete the following form

This form needs to be completed so that we can be alerted to any change. If you are due to travel within the next 14 days, you must certify that you have been symptom free for the period up to which you can record on a daily basis. If you are due to travel in 8 days then you must certify that you have had no symptoms for the last 6 days and record symptoms daily until departure.

Accommodation and Restricted movements for 14 days after arrival

As for all people coming into Ireland from countries not on the COVID-19 Green List you will have to restrict your movement for 14 days. This means that you stay indoors in your room/apartment and avoid contact with other people.

In all accommdation types you should follow the public health guidelines

In Trinity and Trinity secured accommodation this means that:

• You must stay in your apartment except to take brief outdoor exercise at 2m distance
• You may not come onto Trinity’s campus until your 14 days are complete (if you are in campus accommodation you must stay in your room)
• You may not enter any other buildings on campus or Trinity Hall during the 14 day restricted movement
• You may not take public transport
• You may not have visitors
• You may not visit anyone
• If you have access to any shared communal areas, you must only use if there is no one else using them and you must wear a face covering at all times. If you are using shared bathroom facilities you must clean the area before and after use. Cleaning material will be provided for this purpose. This applies to any other shared areas such as kitchens but as all meals are to be provided it is expected this need to use kitchen facilities will be minimal.
• You must wear a face covering at all times when outside of your room (unless you are exempt from doing so due to health reasons). Time outside of your room should be minimal and only for exercise, to collect meals from the dining hall, if needed to go to the convenience shop, and to bring out refuse.
• You must adhere to the College code of conduct at all times as found on https://www.tcd.ie/Junior_Dean/student-discipline/.

Monday 17 January

Tuesday 18 January

Wednesday 19 January

Thursday 20 January

Friday 21 January

Monday 17 January

Tuesday 18 January

Wednesday 19 January

Thursday 20 January

Friday 21 January

Restricted Movement Activities (18-22 January)

Free Streaming Services

• RTE Player
• All4 From Channel4

Online Workouts

• Trinity Sport's YouTube At Home Workout Channel
• Trinity Sport Orientation Guide

Online Wellbeing Programmes

• Minding your mental health in quarantine

  Online Libraries/eBooks

• The Open Library
• Irish Libraries

Podcasts

• Trinity College Dublin Talks
• The Irish Passport
• The Irish History Podcast

Health and Safety

All of these plans are being put in place to ensure the health and safety of our college community. Once you have registered and within the first week, you will be invited to take a COVID-19 awareness module. Details will be provided to you on arrival. You are encouraged to use the HSE Covid Tracker every day. A staff and student HSE testing service for symptomatic people will be set up on campus in time for the start of term, so any student with symptoms will be able to access testing on site. Prior to then, our Health centre will arrange testing outside of campus.

If you become unwell at any stage you must contact College Health immediately and stay in your room. . Once you have contacted College Health, you must notify your place of accommodation without delay. Trinity Hall - phone 01-8968024 /Main campus - email student.residences@tcd.ie. If you are in other Trinity approved accommodation for the 14 days please contact the College Health Centre on 01-8968555.

You must notify a member of staff immediately if one of your close contacts at home is diagnosed with COVID-19, at any stage. You must not leave your room until a member of the Accommodation Office has made contact with you and advised you further.

You will need to self-isolate:

• If you have symptoms of coronavirus (including notifying through the symptom tracker)
• While you wait for a test appointment and the test results (if you are being tested as a close contact of a confirmed case and don’t have symptoms you need to continue to restrict your movements)
• If you have a positive test for Covid-19

Self – isolation means staying indoors and completely avoiding contact with other people.

If you have any questions or would like any clarification on the points outlined on this site, please contact international@tcd.ie. Please also read the privacy statement available https://www.tcd.ie/globalrelations/privacy/.