Work issue

[Ronnie1234]

My boss just rang me not sure I should go in cause my mum poss having virus (feels better now waiting test as NHS & My mother in law & father in law having symptoms & isolating for past two weeks (we live right by these two) but have had no contact

But you could be in contact with anyone that poss has virus & not know!

My husband works in family food business with his parents his parents haven't been to work since started showing symptoms my husband continuing as no symptoms

So I'm thinking the same rule will apply to all staff? I'm not living with anyone that has symptoms. So their arguement doesn't stand - am I correct?

our work have sent people home for 14 days if they have been in contact with anyone symptomatic. So your dh should have stayed home for 14 days in case he did catch the virus from his parents and so should you as you live with him.

@minisoksmakehardwork
So my husbands food supply business will have to shut if that's the case?
Same as any other workplace if someone has gone off symptomatic or they know someone that has?

So my husbands food supply business will have to shut if that's the case?
Yes. With a food business you should be even more careful.

Your DH should have self isolated for 14 days after his parents/colleagues started showing symptoms. I can't actually believe this

Yes, if that means the business has to shut then it shuts. Has he not read/seen any of the government info? Or does he think it doesn't apply to him?

Yes. Absolutely. You and your husband are being very irresponsible to keep it open. You will have to do what our chippy had to do - close while in isolation, reopen when clear of symptoms.

It sucks but you are putting so many people at risk it is unbelievable.

I don't work with my husband I'm a key worker in another business I have had no contact with my parents in law or my mum since March 20th
Going forward for all key working businesses
all staff need to report if themselves or ANY member of their household has been in contact with anyone who has become symptomatic

DH and I are key-workers in separate industries. If he comes into contact with anyone showing symptoms of the virus, I cannot go in to mine and vice versa and we both have to quarantine ourselves and the children for 14 days, or until it is confirmed that the person is not covid-19 positive. It's how it has been since the start for us at least.

You and DH should both have self-isolated for 14 days when his parents first showed symptoms. They could have passed the virus to him and he could have passed it to you, you don't have to be symptomatic to carry the virus. You would have passed it to anyone you work with.

You are right, any key worker should be reporting that they or a member of their immediate household has been in contact with someone showing symptoms of covid-19 and the whole household will be self-isolating for 14 days or until it is confirmed that the person they were in contact with does not have the virus.

The only exception is staff coming into direct contact who are already practising shielding in their own homes. EG NHS or care staff who are changing out of contaminated clothes before going home, going straight home. They strip, shower, wash clothes and distance themselves from other members of the household on a permanent basis. Once they have used the bathroom it is sanitised before anyone else is allowed to use it. Doors, handles, anything they have touched has to be sanitised before someone else touches it. In some cases families have a parent living away from the house while this is going on, others are sleeping on sofas, living out of tents in garages or the garden so they don't risk passing the virus on.

DH is showering and changing clothes every day before he comes home. His clothes go straight in the wash without being handled and the bag goes in the outside bin. His shoes stay in the porch, work bag and jacket in the car. We wipe down the door and handle after he has come home and then wash our hands. This is because he has sick people where he works but he has not come into close contact with them.