SD's class mate has tested positive, advice

[lovegalore]

Hi,

I have 3 step daughters (5, 11 & 12) and also a DD who is 6 weeks old.

SD (5) has a class mate who has tested positive today. She has now got to self isolate for 2 weeks.

My question is do we have to self isolate now? We have had the SC this weekend. Do the other sisters / their household have to self isolate too?

Guidance is sketchy when it comes to step children.

Obviously concerned due to DD only being 6 weeks old.

Thanks

No, just her.

Thank you @TheCountessofFitzdotterel

Do you know where I can read the guidance on this?

I believe you do too. Let me find the guidance now.

@ThisMustBeMyDream oh that's interesting, yes please send over the guidance. It's so confusing!

If you are a contact of a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, but you do not have symptoms, other people living with you do not need to self-isolate and should follow the general guidance.

From here

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/

If your SD gets symptoms then you need to isolate.

Just her. My DD has just isolated for two weeks in the same circs and her brothers went to school etc

You don't have to self isolate, only the five year old does. She's the one that's been exposed to someone with symptoms.

If she shows symptoms then you would start the 14 days from when you saw her.

Thanks all, that has clarified the situation

It's not sketchy. Only the child in contact with the positive child needs to isolate. And It's only 14 days since they were last in contact with them. So if the child who tested positive was last in school say Tuesday then it's 14 days from Tuesday.

Ignore me, I misread that SD had tested positive!

No just her to isolate.

For future reference, this link is useful. www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-support-bubble-with-another-household

If your SD becomes symptomatic then both households have to isolate until a negative test. If positive then both households to self isolate.

It gets confusing at times!

Sounds like the StepD goes back to her other parent today. If your SD hasn't had symptoms when she was with you then I reckon you don't need to isolate. She was exposed -- not you were exposed. Your SD probably isn't even incubating much less had a chance to pass it on.

Just the stepdaughter. How is that sketchy?

You don’t need to isolate but your SD does, don’t think she should be changing houses, can she stay with you?

Although you may choose to act as if you were a support bubble on this issue, children travelling between houses is seen as a separate issue and does not come under the definition of a support bubble.

No clarification has been given about what should happen when such children have symptoms/test positive/are a close contact.