Can you advise about isolation?

[Yellowmellow2]

My friend’s son got symptoms on Friday and tested positive so ten days isolation. On Sunday his dad got symptoms and tested positive. Am I right in thinking their son should now isolate for 14 days from when dad got symptoms?

I saw a old diagram about this before but can’t find it now.

The 14 days is in case you develop it within the 14 days incubation period. He already tested positive so no, doesn’t need 14 days.

No, not if the son already has it. The son isolates for his 10 days and the dad isolates for his 10 days. The rest of the household isolates for 14 days unless they also get symptoms and then they would isolate for their own 10 days

This explains it

Yes but some muppets in track and trace are saying otherwise. A colleague got it, let's say her 10 days was up on 31/10. Her partner then got it and tested positive on 30/10 and she's been told she has to isolate for another 14 days from then! Which is clearly absurd

There's another thread with a similar scenario. Think they're making up rules as they go along

Thanks everyone. That’s the diagram I was looking for!

No. It depends on what level of contact you have had with the people who go on to test positive. If you are correctly isolating within the household and each household member is isolating from the rest of the household the level of contact between household members won't be sufficient and the isolation period won't have to be extended. If you continue to mix as a household you will need to isolate for 14 days following the last person testing positive as you are classed as close contacts of that person for the purposes of test and trace and therefore need to isolate for 14 days following that person testing positive.

Stop making up your own rules that are different to the rules on the .gov website! If the person has already tested positive why would they need to isolate again when someone else tests positive?

@StatisticalSense

No. It depends on what level of contact you have had with the people who go on to test positive. If you are correctly isolating within the household and each household member is isolating from the rest of the household the level of contact between household members won't be sufficient and the isolation period won't have to be extended. If you continue to mix as a household you will need to isolate for 14 days following the last person testing positive as you are classed as close contacts of that person for the purposes of test and trace and therefore need to isolate for 14 days following that person testing positive.

Where have you got this from? I’ve seen no guidance to suggest this- household contacts are not treated the same as a contact in another setting, like a workplace for example ,