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COVID-19 FAQ: Can I use the hall garden?

By Adrian 23 Oct 2020

If you are in self-isolation with symptoms or a positive test

Please do not go out to the garden if you have symptoms of coronavirus or have tested positive for COVID-19. You should stay in your room as much as possible. If you smoke regularly, we recommend buying nicotine replacement products (e.g. gum or patches) for the period of your self-isolation. Going out to smoke is not an allowable reason to leave your room during self-isolation with symptoms or a positive test.

If you are in travel quarantine or contact quarantine

You may use the hall garden area, during the normal opening times for that space. You must:

wash or sanitise your hands immediately before leaving your room and again when you re-enter the building from the garden area;
wear a face covering the whole time you are out of your own room (including when outside);
go straight to and from the garden, not using any other social areas or visiting other residents;
keep the time outside your room to a reasonable minimum;
not have face-to-face interaction with anyone else;
not socialise with other garden users.

Adrian is a medical doctor, the University of London Student Health & Wellbeing Manager, and the Warden of Connaught Hall. He is passionate about advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. Adrian's interests include fitness, nutrition, mindfulness and insight meditation, medical education, social psychology, and human factors / crisis resource management.
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