DH is positive and now I've developed symptoms

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Do I test?

Dh is indoors til 11.59pm Thursday and the rest of us are all locked down til 11.59pm Sunday. I understand the rules change tomorrow which means we can all match dh.

I've started coughing today.

Do I test? Or should we all just assume I've got it and adjust our dates? If I assume I'm +ve then we stay in til 11.59pm Tuesday instead?

Or would you test? I presume I need to book a postal test as I'm not allowed out.

Yes do a test and then you know for sure as there are other causes of coughs.

I would test. You can leave the house to get a test or book a postal one.

Yes get tested. Have you been in contact with other people who will need to isolate if you test positive?

I would get a test. You’re allowed to go to a test centre to have a test even when self isolating. Everyone going to a test centre should be self isolating after all since the only official reason to have a test is if you have symptoms. My partner developed a cough when I had COVID myself and her test was negative as was her antibody test so it’s possible that it could be something else.

Oh I didn't realise I was allowed to leave for testing purposes. Last walk through test I got the results back within 19h so would rather that than a postal

@Thatwentbadly

Yes get tested. Have you been in contact with other people who will need to isolate if you test positive?

We've been locked down officially since Tuesday AM. I've personally not seen anyone since Sunday when I popped to the supermarket. So 7 days since I last saw an outsider.

Definitely get a test. I came down with symotoms on Monday, DP and DD came down with symptoms on Thursday. We went and had a drive through test done and all got positive results back yesterday morning x

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

You get tested but your other household members start another period of isolation from when you developed symptoms. Timings on gov website. You are allowed out to get the test only. Hope you feel better soon

Go and get a test ASAP if positive I think everyone else can finish isolation on Thursday as planned and you can once symptoms have gone. Don’t think rest of family needs to extend isolation.

Definitely test. It's your moral responsibility to do so even if you are isolating anyway. Govt and scientists are using test figures, positivity rates (among other things) to make informed responses to the virus so we need them to be as accurate as possible.

@Frazzled2207

Go and get a test ASAP if positive I think everyone else can finish isolation on Thursday as planned and you can once symptoms have gone. Don’t think rest of family needs to extend isolation.

Oh I thought if I was +ve then everyone else starts a new 14 days (soon to be cut to 10) aside from DH who as a current +ve just finishes his period?

None of us (dh included) have been contacted by T&T at all.

You need to have a test and should isolate until you get your results. If your result is positive, you need to isolate for 10 days from the date your symptoms started.

The other healthy household members start counting their isolation period from the day the FIRST person developed symptoms, so they won't have to isolate longer even if you test positive as it is within the original isolation period.

Bernadette you are correct, others in family apart from husband have to extend isolation

From the gov.uk site

Returning to your normal routine
If you remain well, you can return to your normal routine at the end of the 14-day period. You do not need to isolate for longer than 14 days, even if other household members develop symptoms during this period. However, the person with new symptoms should now self-isolate for 10 days. People in the household who remain well after 14 days are unlikely to be infectious

When my DP tested positive during an outbreak at work, I wasn't going out (not even for exercise) as I was bloody terrified of it - so I didn't bother testing, as he was quite literally the only person I could have caught anything from.

I would have tested if there was any doubt, or if there were other people I had to inform :).

I hope you both feel better soon :).

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz
Track and trace contacted us yesterday and also environmental health. We were told that I was OK from midnight on Wednesday to go back to "normal" and DP and DD from midnight on Saturday x

Test booked for 12noon. I've interpreted the gov.uk info above as even if I'm positive, dh and kids can resume normal life on their existing dates as they would have caught it by now if they were going to

Unless T&T contact us and tell us otherwise.

[quote tiktokmylife]@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz
Track and trace contacted us yesterday and also environmental health. We were told that I was OK from midnight on Wednesday to go back to "normal" and DP and DD from midnight on Saturday x[/quote]
So you were contacted the same day as you got the positive? We are now 5 days on from DH test results and still no call

Shouldn’t you be isolating for 14 days if your partner is positive. My husband and daughter had to when I had covid.

Not sure if the rules have changed re that.

It’s def 10 days as of tomorrow but not everything updated yet. Yes whatever happens the rest of you finish isolation as planned.
The difference to this would be if you all finished isolation and then tested positive.

If you have symptoms you get tested. Then if positive it’s a known in your medical records. This will ensure you get the right immediate and long term treatment if you experience severe short term or long term illness.

The biggest risk to you is health not the isolation period.

@thegrassisgreenwhereyouwaterit

Shouldn’t you be isolating for 14 days if your partner is positive. My husband and daughter had to when I had covid.

Not sure if the rules have changed re that.

We are.

Our 14 days is due to end at 11.59pm Sunday.

However government guidance is changing tomorrow so that all contacts can end their isolation after 10 days.

So tomorrow, our current isolation end point changes from Sunday 11.59pm to Thursday 11.59pm.

Does the change to 10 days count for current periods of isolation then? It’s not only for contacts that happen from tomorrow onwards?