Am I overreacting or not?

[BedofRoses88]

I've name changed for this and am trying to be vague as I know the person in question is on here. A member of my extended family is in a support bubble with me. They visit once a week. That person has been in contact with someone else 9 days ago who tested positive today but they haven't seen them since. Is there a risk if they come to my house tomorrow? I think so but my DH says not.

The member of your family just needs to isolate for another 5 days and then can come over. Then they’ll have reached the 14 day incubation period from when they saw the positive person last (9 days ago you say).

If they’re still well after 5 days of isolating AND a negative test then it’s all good.

But sorry to answer your question, yes there is a risk and I wouldn’t risk having them over.

Self-isolation is 10 days now, down from 14 (unless of course she shows symptoms). And it depends if she was in ‘close contact’. www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/

Ah sorry I’m in Australia and our self isolation is 14 days. (As an aside, that’s weird that one country has different isolation lengths!)

Test and trace only contacts people you were with in the 48 hours before the positive test as that's when you're most contagious so I'd say no it's unlikely to be a risk?

It depends on when the positive person got symptoms.

I work in a school. We’ve had some positive cases.

The tracing advice has asked us to trace people who were in contact 48 hrs prior to symptoms.

So symptoms on Sunday, positive test comes back Tuesday, we track contacts from the previous Friday.

If your family member was in contact 9 days ago but the positive person tested positive today, I’d guess symptoms started 2/3 days ago so cobra tracing would only be interested in contacts from 5 days ago.

More than 5 days ago is clear and no isolation is necessary.

Your DH is correct if following guidelines to the letter.

Absolutely fine unless the person who tested positive has been having symptoms for the past 7 days or more! If they haven't seen them for 9 days and the person only recently started feeling ill they wouldn't have been contagious/ had Covid when they last saw your contact!

Also, you are not saying if the person in question had symptoms 9 days ago. Otherwise it is about contact in the 48 hours before either symptoms or positive test. So if first symptoms only started 3 days ago, and test results came back today, your family member has no need to self isolate at all. If symptoms started 9-7 days ago, then isolate for 10 days after the contact and s/he is fine to leave isolation after 10 days unless showing symptoms herself.

Contact tracing, not cobra tracing 🤨

The positive person started with symptoms about 4 - 5 days after family member saw them so does this mean it's ok?

Yes, it’s fine.

Contact tracing would discount your family member as a contact.

Isolation time is 10 days now.

Yes it’s fine.