Covid outbreak out my work

[NoFrills01]

I work in a care home, a resident has tested positive.

I was with the client two days prior to their positive test, I've had the vaccine but I appreciate that won't stop it necessarily the resident showed no symptoms

I am confused because we have not been told to self isolate, we went in full PPE with the client and we are having LFT and PCR tests but are we not meant to isolate until all tests have come back after isolation?

no, you shouldn't have to isolate if you were wearing full PPE and following correct cleanliness guidelines.

If you were in full ppe then no need isolate. This can't be your first case surely??? If Care staff isolated after every contact with a positive case who would do the caring???

DH has been exposed loads of times at work, always wearing full PPE. He has never been asked to isolate and he can't socially distance from his patients.

The only time he had to isolate was when DS2 got a temperature and we had to wait for the PCR to come back so 48 hours.

No you don't need to isolate. If you did there would be no staff. PPE will protect you. I work in a care home that's why we don't have the app. If someone is positive we would all have to stay at home