To think DH has to self isolate?

[RainbowsAndFrogs]

DH worked with someone on monday.
On Tuesday that person had a cough and got a test.
Today they got results and are positive for coronavirus.
As husband was in contact on Monday he should now have to self isolate for 14 days ending a week next Monday, is that correct?
He seems to think because he hasn't been contacted by test and trace, that he doesn't have to,
He has ordered a test (I know you're not supposed to but he won't listen) and said he will isolate but if test comes back negative he will go to work. I thought you still had to isolate for 14 days even if you have a negative test?

YABU - He doesn't need to self isolate
YANBU- he needs to self isolate for 14 days

@HaudYerWheeshtBawbag schools are advised by PHE who they send home

Not always I need a holiday, I asked this of ds1 academy if they had sought advise from PHE and they advised it was their own policy, this was because this is the 4th time ds bubble/year group has had to isolate.

She advised the 1st they sought advise, the other 3 times they used a common sense approach

I’m happy to do it, but the guidance the school has is minimal, with working with the local sector and schools themselves (primary and secondary) it varies from each school.

One bubble refuses to isolate children even if a school has a confirmed case, some secondary schools are also.

@RainbowsAndFrogs

Thank you. He was in the same room but opposite ends for about 8 hours. Approx 20ft apart. But walked past each other a few times.

Yes I know it's wasteful. I told him this, and not to order one, but I can't force him not to

That's not close contact then so no, he does not have to isolate.

@ddl1

YANBU. Track & trace are in most areas not terrible efficient about contacting people, and the expectation is that you should self-isolate if you know that you've been exposed, even if you get a negative test, because the infection could take some days to develop.

The only question is whether the level of contact is sufficient to justify self-isolating. Walking past each other a few times wouldn't be a big danger as such, so long as they didn't stop to chat; but being in the same room for 8 hours would carry some risk, especially if the windows were closed. 20 feet is obviously considerably more than 6 feet, so it's not an enormous risk, but still, 8 hours is quite a long time - better safe than sorry IMO.

What do you mean by the expectation is to self isolate if you've been exposed? The guidance could not be any clearer that you are only entitled to isolate if instructed to by track and trace. You cannot get SSP or the £500 funding if you choose to just isolate off your own back.

Schools are doing their own thing I believe. It's no problem for them as they are on full pay each time a bubble closes.

@BeakyWinder

The guidance is clear schools should not be doing their own thing - there’s a DFE number for them to call and PHE and local authorities should be providing advice on each and every case. That’s certainly what we are doing. If schools act without advice they don’t have all the contextual info held by PHE and LA. So errors in decision making could make situations worse.

He may be a casual contact. As regards the virus, as a pp said number of people in the room and ventilation will be a major factor and wearing of masks too. Ventilation is key by all accounts.

He needs to isolate

@Lulu1919

He needs to isolate

He really doesn't. Look up the guidance, it's posted on this thread.

[quote Boysarebackintown]@BeakyWinder

The guidance is clear schools should not be doing their own thing - there’s a DFE number for them to call and PHE and local authorities should be providing advice on each and every case. That’s certainly what we are doing. If schools act without advice they don’t have all the contextual info held by PHE and LA. So errors in decision making could make situations worse.[/quote]
Ah, I'm only going off schools in my area. My dd's whole year group had to isolate for one positive case - 2 separate classes + staff. Seemed unlikely one person had close contact with them all!

If the school were not able to identify who had and hadn’t been in close contact with the positive person because of for example lunch & social spaces, then they may have been told to isolate the whole year.