Information to staff

BTH management continuously monitors the corona outbreak and follows information from mainly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Health Agency.

Vaccine against Covid-19

• Staff will get their COVID-19 vaccine through their health care center. If you’re not registered in Blekinge, if you’re staying here temporarily or if you don’t have a Swedish social security number you still have the right to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Blekinge. It is your own responsibility to contact a health center when it is your turn to be vaccinated. You will find more information in the preliminary vaccination plan. The vaccination against COVID-19 is free.
  
• BTH staff is allowed to visit a health care center for their vaccination during working hours.

Return to campus

Sick report

• Staff who are sick should report sick in accordance with normal routines and should not visit BTH’s campus.

What to do if you or someone in household is ill

• According to the Swedish Communicable Diseases Act you are obliged to take precautionary measures to protect yourself and others against the spread of COVID-19. Study the information at the Swedish Public Health Agency web site.

Business travel

• The Swedish Public Health Agency’s recommendations to avoid business trips to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has ceased. BTH, however has a travel policy that states that employees should travel less and use digital meetings as much as possible.
• On international business trips all recommendations must be followed and a risk analysis should be carried out together with your line manager.
• Staff abroad are urged to register on the Swedish list at UD for updated information from the embassy: Swedish list – Sweden abroad