Contact with someone who has no symptoms

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Trying to work this through in my head but I'm going round in circles.
Person A finds out they have to have a CV test as someone they work with has CV. Person A has no symptoms.
Person B was in contact with person A on Saturday.
Person A has test today. If that test is positive does person B get told to isolate?
The NHS website talks about being in context with someone with symptoms who has tested positive but not someone who doesn't have symptoms. Or at least i don't think it does

I assume not, but mainly because when we go back to school we have been told that we will not be sending bubbles home for 1 positive case, so I would assume based on that that you carry on as normal unless you have symptoms.

If they test positive surely that’s the important bit, not whether they have symptoms or not.
If they test positive T&T will contact you and advise.

Surely you isolate if it's a positive result regardless? Showing no symptoms doesn't mean they're not infectious, or have I got that wrong?

Yes, if you have been in contact with someone who tests positive you have to self isolate. This is the whole point of the track and trace programme.

Hmm so quite a few different answers. I'm not person A or B by the way, I guess what I'm struggling with is how do we know when person A caught it especially with no symptoms.
And of course the bubble thing... don't get how that will work

@Thisismytimetoshine

Surely you isolate if it's a positive result regardless? Showing no symptoms doesn't mean they're not infectious, or have I got that wrong?

Yes I get that the positive person isolated but what about those who have been near them?

Yes person B would isolate in that situation because they've been in contact with someone who's had a positive result. I'm not sure why person A has done the test though? Shouldn't they just isolate if they don't have symptoms?

Person A works in a care home. Which opens up even more questions as do they isolate or carry on working if negative? If all staff isolated as they'd been incontact with the first person to have it nobody would be working

Yes I get that the positive person isolated but what about those who have been near them?
You misunderstood me; I meant anyone having been in contact with person A should isolate, because Person A will be infectious whether they display symptoms or not.
Assuming it's a positive result...

@Thisismytimetoshine

Yes I get that the positive person isolated but what about those who have been near them? You misunderstood me; I meant anyone having been in contact with person A should isolate, because Person A will be infectious whether they display symptoms or not. Assuming it's a positive result...

Ah yes of course.

Depends on what kind of contact Person B had, no? And if they had PPE.

Chat to someone in the post office either masked, or < 5 minutes chat without masks -> not required to isolate.

if person A is positive they self isolate for 14 days or have a negative test after that time. Everyone else should be tested every week and wear masks and still observe the 2m rule. Happened where i worked, luckly the 2nd test came back negative.

ps: someone I know (X, male age 60+) had 3 minute chat (sitting next to for longer than 10 minutes) someone who came out with symptoms the next day, about 12 hours later, and tested +covid right after that. X didn't get covid.

@Spam88

Yes person B would isolate in that situation because they've been in contact with someone who's had a positive result. I'm not sure why person A has done the test though? Shouldn't they just isolate if they don't have symptoms?

No person A should get a test and isolate as if they are positive they need to tell person B. If A is positive then person B needs to isolate. If it's in a school setting then it's probably completely different after all viruses don't spread in schools.

Generally testing is done on people with symptoms. The exceptions being people who work in areas like health and social care who get tested as part of screening processes. Either randomly or because of workplace exposure. The positive test overrides the lack of symptoms.

For joe public we wouldn’t be tested unless we had symptoms.