Schools bubble closed so ds is home for 2 weeks but....

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Does mean he has to stay in his room or just the house? Can he go for a walk to get fresh air? It's not easy keeping a 16 year old home especially as he has mental health issues 😭 Can we have visitors still? I've read the rest of us can carry on as usual work/school etc it's just so confusing.

It is literally house arrest I'm afraid.

Basic rules are he has (although maybe in your case) had contact with someone who has been confirmed to have COVID. Therefore he needs to stay at home and not mix with others in case he also has it and could pass it on. So no one can come into contact with him at home, obviously ideally there would be no contact with others but in a household that is virtually impossible, but anyone from outside the household shouldn’t have contact with him. If he does indeed have it then show symptoms the rest of the household then isolates too, until then they can carry on as normal (although. I would probably limited contacts for his isolation period just in case)

@Aragog

Even of the person SI isn't able to isolate from test of their household, rest of household still doesn't officially have to isolate either.

Yes, my primary school aged DD was sent home a few weeks ago as a contact of a positive case in school. We didn't force her to spend 2 weeks in her room away from us, because that is not reasonable for a young child, but we were advised that we should still send younger sibling to school and I still had to go to work. These guidelines don't really make sense, but they are the rules.

Ds didn't go out for 14 days. as we live in a flat. Was shit. Especially when he was threatening to leave.

Thanks for clarifying about the guidance about an individual self isolating as a contact and their interactions with the rest of the household. I knew that was the case in reality but I didn't know if people were just bending the rules. If dd was sent home as a contact she could have her own bathroom and we'd avoid sharing her food or kissing her on the lips but other than that I think we'd live as normal.

Just come across this looking for how people manage the situation when a school bubble has burst. DD (10) off school for two weeks now due to covid in her class.
We could distance from her but at 10 feel it wouldn't be right to confine her to her own room and bathroom.

Well ds has developed symptoms following a covid case in his bubble so we've booked a test. He's pressure he hasn't come into contact with confirmed case so fingers crossed 🤞

Hoping for a negative result

Positive case at DD's school. Those who have been in contact have been told to self isolate, as well as the rest of the household. We're in Scotland though so different rules.

See that makes more sense wacudu!!! But I guess it would not be pracrical for families financially to do it every time 🙁

@Wacadu the guidance changed again in Scotland and the whole household doesn't need to isolate from a contact at school.

I read the letter wrong! That bit was if your child developed symptoms, oops.