Isolation rules regarding family

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Please would someone clarify this for me as me and my OH are disagreeing

I'm going to use a hypothetical situation and can you tell me if A or B is correct

A) I have a symptom , me and my OH and our 2 DC 3 and 8 months all have to stay at home in our house in isolation

B) I have a symptom, DH and 2 DC move out to stay with extended family

Both are valid options if the one left being can look after themselves for 7 days.
If the family stays then it's 14 days isolation rather than 7

Person A is right, the rest of the family will most likely already be incubating, so would just spread it to the wider family, plus anyone else they encounter if there still inconsiderate enough to be going out

Answer A is correct. If you have a symptom, your DH and DC may be incubating it too. If they go stay with extended family, they may infect them too. In this situation, government advice is that you, DH and DC need to srlf-isolate at home for 14 days.

Ok thanks!! I am BF my DS so I assume I would keep him with me regardless

If you have symptoms aren't they already at risk of developing the virus so going to stay with family spreads it.

Not sure though?

Government guidelines say A is the correct option. I work for the nhs and that is what we are told to do. If you live in the same house then you must ALL isolate for 14 days. You may not show symptoms for up to 5 days and can be a lot more contagious in that time.

I agree, A. If someone has symptons, chances are it's been passed onto one of the family already, so you'd be spreading further.

fearney is right. DH has symptoms, we all have to isolate for 14 days.

Does that mean that in situation A the person with the symptoms should further isolate in a room on their own? Myself and DH have had a few discussions about this

I've just been reading PHE guidance person A who shows symptoms first only needs to isolate for 7 days but the rest need to isolate for 14

And yes you need to stay together, otherwise wider transmission occurs.

Pinklife ideally yes but in reality it's not always possible DH and I both have slight symptoms (more chest infection than flu) but we still need to care for dc, so can not completely isolate but are minimising contact.

Thanks so much everyone. Luckily I was of opinion A so can't wait to show OH
Stay well everyone

@MoreHairyThanScary have you got the source for that, pretty please.
Sending DS to the corner shop next week would be ace!

@KittenVsBox https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection. Hope this helps

The person with the symptoms only self-isolates for seven days, if the symptoms have gone.

Ending self-isolation and household-isolation (GovUK)

After 7 days, if the first person to become ill feels better and no longer has a high temperature, they can return to their normal routine.
...A persistent cough alone does not mean someone must continue to self-isolate for more than 7 days

It’s A.

In person B’s scenario, the people moving our will still need to be isolating for 14 says because they’ve already been exposed. And when they develop symptoms the extended family they’ve moved in with will have to self-isolate for 14 days.

The point is to slow the spread of transmission not sped it up by sending known close contracts out to be in close contact with people who haven’t yet been exposed.

@MoreHairyThanScary you . Thank you!

If you do B then everyone in the other household has to self isolate for 14 days.