New RCPCH guidelines on cold symptoms / testing

[Honeydukesmum]

For info ( 9 sept 2020 version .. please check if any updates when read)

www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/covid-19-talking-children-families-about-returning-school-guiding-principles

When I had it my only symptom was a runny nose.

‘My only symptom was a runny nose’ ..

We cannot test for EVERY possible symptom. We have to go with what is most commonly presented. If you look on the NHS website for possible symptoms of most illnesses, the list is huge. People will have various symptoms, in fact most are asymptomatic. We don’t have the capacity to test every runny nose in winter.

for what Bol87 said.
Need to target high risk ... high risk people, high risk symptoms, high risk situations. Not every slight suggestion of possible elevated risk.