Contacted by test and trace

[treening]

Question on behalf of a friend who had an alert on her test and trace app telling her she has been in contact with someone with covid and needs to isolate. But the app says for 6 days, surely this isn't long enough?!

Anyone else been told they need to isolate for less than 10 days?

It means the contact will have been 4 days ago, and it's taken that long for them to get in touch.

Yes my friend had one to say isolate for 3 days.

That's what I thought but all the literature online suggests that it would only ever be ten days.

She works at Costa in a tier 2 area so that's almost certainly where she picked it up. Costa tell their staff not to have the app and not to check in so they don't get contacted. Luckily she ignored that.

You don't have to self isolate if contacted by the app
You do if called. Surely is someone has given her name they would have told her?

It's ten days from contact. If she works there and they tell her not to check in/switch contact tracing off she'll struggle getting the paid time off i would think. I doubt they'll be impressed

She has annual leave booked now anyway.

She already knew this was a possibility as a colleague's girlfriend tested positive.

She should turn app of at work. Surely she is wearing a mask and behind a screen. We have to turn our app off at work we wear ppe but the app doesn't know that.

Costa tell their staff not to have the app ? how very reassuring.

Yes she is but in the space they're in it is impossible to socially distance.

Also PPE will not do much if you are in a non ventilated space for a prolonged period of time. People assume they are protected. They aren't.

Can anyone answer this question?
A friend has shown me a screenshot of the app that says they need to self isolate for 11 more days until 29th December.
I'm convinced they're having people on, as it wouldn't say 11 days would it?

It seems to tell some people 14 days and others 10

I thought it was 10 days for everyone from 14th ish of December?

The app isn't valid anyway.

I know someone who got an alert telling them they needed to isolate for 1 day!!! What on earth is the point of that?

@SirVixofVixHall

Costa tell their staff not to have the app ? how very reassuring.

So do the NHS

@SirVixofVixHall

Costa tell their staff not to have the app ? how very reassuring.

AIUI most employers in similar are doing that else all the staff would forever be off sick isolating because of the app.

So do the NHS

Yup

Why are people saying the app isn't valid, I can't find that info anywhere? Anyone got a link?

NHS doesn't seem to agree that it isn't valid.

@treening

So do the NHS

Yup

Why are people saying the app isn't valid, I can't find that info anywhere? Anyone got a link?

I'm not sure it's the same in all trusts but ours tests staff based on a slightly wider range of symptoms than the main three and does robust contact tracing and isolating of all high risk contacts as well as some analysis of where and why those contacts are taking place.

That probably negates the need for having the app on in work. I doubt that's happening in Costa or in most workplaces.

No but I mean she has to isolate because the app has told her to right, even though no contact from NHS test and trace?

I think legally you don't have to isolate if the app tells you to whereas you legally do have to if they ring you

That seems bananas!

Yes she has to isolate according to the rules but it’s not a legal requirement as it is when test and trace call/text/email you directly. Through the app is all anonymous.