Kids with possible Corona - should we ALL isolate?

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Can anyone find any advice on this - I’ve been reading the govt website and it just talks to the adult suffering with the C-virus.

Both my kids (one nursery one primary school) have virus symptoms. Not certain it’s Corona but who knows. Youngest has a temp and eldest a slight temp and a cough. Both started 24 hours ago.

Obviously I’ll keep them away from school and nursery, but what about me and DH?

We are so far healthy. One of us needs to stay with the children but do we both isolate as well? Or shall one of us look after the kids and the other carry on with work?

WWYD?

Follow the official advice. You need to self isolate if you have symptoms. Since you and your dh don’t, you don’t have to self isolate.

Thank you @PurpleDaisies

The goverment advice says no need, but I think I would do so myself.

I'm asking families I work with as a childminder to keep the children at home if anyone in the household shows symptoms and has to self isolate. I don't see how you can self isolate away from small children.

Of COURSE you should! Surely that is obvious?

I hope your kids make a swift recovery.

Officially no need for you to, as you have no symptoms, but the chances are that if they have it, you do too and will start showing symptoms very soon. So I would prepare for isolating yourselves too.

I have the same thing. Ds (15) bad cough since last weds, ongoing but no fever at any point, dd (3) raised temp briefly on weds and is now snotty but no cough. Ds mainly in room anyway but contact with dd is unavoidable. Should I go to work tomorrow?