Self isolating..

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Hi

If someone spends a weekend in very close contact with a person who the next day is ill and goes for a test, should that person treat it as if it's someone they live with - so self isolating until the ill persons test result is back?

I can't find anything online about it.

So as to not drip feed, I'm talking about siblings spending the weekend at their dad's house, one going home and falling ill within hours. Should the other child SI until the test is back?

Thanks

Also what does that mean for my family? Do we all need to isolate too?!

As per the rules, no I don’t think you do.
But common sense would suggest it might be a good idea though.
I don’t think your family (I guess by that you mean your household, who were not with you at tour dad’s house?) would need to. Even if the person got a positive test, the rules would dictate that you, as a close contact, would need to SI, but not your family.

That's my feeling too, however I've just read on the gov.uk that parents with shared custody of a child, who are in two separate bubbles, should all self isolate if anyone in either bubble tests positive. I've not heard of this before.

I debate that we share custody, DS is lucky to see his Dad once in 6 weeks, but he was with his sister who tested positive 24 hours beforehand.

Anyone else know anything about this? My boss has said in her opinion it's only DS1 who needs to SI unless he comes down with symptoms in which case we all need to.

The attached snippet from the gov website is what is confusing us.. members of both bubbles have to self isolate- does that mean all members of both ( so us all, ex and his children's household) have to stay at home, or does it mean those that are members of both (DS1) have to?

This is driving me mad..

I'm a single parent and have quoted that paragraph before but I dont think many people will have thought about it like that- essentially kids going back and forth are linking the two households.

In your case, even if it is rare for that contact to happen, in this case it did so yes I would isolate your whole household. If he hadn't been for contact for over a fortnight obviously that wouldnt be relevant but esp if there was a positive case in the other household you should all isolate

However I dont think many people have read or understood that rule so I doubt you would be forced to isolate if you chose not to.

@Bedraggledmumoftwo

I'm a single parent and have quoted that paragraph before but I dont think many people will have thought about it like that- essentially kids going back and forth are linking the two households.

In your case, even if it is rare for that contact to happen, in this case it did so yes I would isolate your whole household. If he hadn't been for contact for over a fortnight obviously that wouldnt be relevant but esp if there was a positive case in the other household you should all isolate

However I dont think many people have read or understood that rule so I doubt you would be forced to isolate if you chose not to.

I'm happy to self isolate us all if we have to, just would rather not if it's not necessary! I can't seem to find anything other than that snippet of info. It surprises me, if it's right, that it's not better known. For instance on the gingerbread website there's lots of info about self isolating etc but nothing about what happens if someone tests positive straight after a contact weekend.