I have been feeling just a bit below par for a few days, but nothing to justify a test using the official “flow chart”. I’m not concerned with how I personally feel as I’m clearly not particularly ill; my worry is purely that I could be virtually asymptomatic but transmit COVID19 to others. I’m normally fit and well. Since Sunday I’ve had mild intermittent headaches and a sensation of a slightly tight chest as if I’m about to come down with a cough, but I don’t. I’ve occasionally felt very slightly shivery but don’t appear to have a fever (no thermometer but don’t feel hot to the touch). I have no normal cold-type symptoms such as runny nose or sore throat.
I live alone and have been going into work (NHS office, in a room on my own but see colleagues, all of us in masks and socially distancing). My manager is not on site but could be contacted by phone. I’m in a support bubble with a partner I don’t live with and he is clinically vulnerable. I haven’t seen him since the weekend but am due to this evening. Although there are asymptomatic staff testing facilities in my trust, these are not on my site and are drive-through. I don’t drive and don’t feel able to put my partner or anyone else at risk by asking for a lift. There are walk-through facilities in my town, but I would have to lie about my symptoms to fit the criteria.
Any advice please? Basically I just feel stupid and as if I’m being a hypochondriac. Normally I have no worries about my health and I wouldn’t worry now except for the infection risk.