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Self isolation query

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iolaus · 06/11/2020 19:59

Trying to work this out (I did search for an answer on PHE but couldn't find anything that quite defined it)

Person A diagnosed with covid on Monday (day 1) and was in close contact with person B the day before
Person B then self isolates, however on Friday (day 5) develops symptoms and gets tested - also positive - so self isolating for minimum of 10 days from Friday (so the following Monday - day 15)

Person B lives in a house with person C, they are trying to stay away from person B while all self isolating. If person C develops symptoms the following Thursday (day 11) and tests positive does person B still have to self isolate past the Monday or should it be 14 days from person C being positive?

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dementedpixie · 06/11/2020 20:24

Person B does their 10 days
Person C does their 10 days

Mindymomo · 06/11/2020 20:30

Someone will put you up a chart I’m sure to show you, but if tested positive, the person isolates for the first 10 days after test, even if another person/s they live with gets a positive test, their incubation period will have passed during those first 10 days.

dementedpixie · 06/11/2020 20:31

This chart?

Self isolation query
iolaus · 06/11/2020 20:49

but that chart was when we were assuming that you can only get it once then would be immune

Plus I was never convinced that just because child 2 didn't catch it off mum didn't mean he couldn't catch it from dad

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dementedpixie · 06/11/2020 20:56

It is still the existing advice though.
Ignore person A in your scenario as its only B and C that matter.
B gets symptoms on Friday so their 10 days starts and person C starts 14 day isolation
Person C gets symptoms on the Thursday which is 6 days after person B - they do their 10 day isolation

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