So confused as to whether we need to isolate

[CovidConfusionSendingMeCrazy]

I'd appreciate peoples thinking here.

I must say, I am a real rule follower by nature and will absolutely SI if we need to. However this is a complicated situation and I'm genuinely confused.

So my niece's mum is in a support bubble (as allowed as a single parent) with her sister. My sibling is in a support bubble with us, though doesn't live with us. DN is therefore in both bubbles, as permitted, as she's under 18 and both parents single parents.

What I’m trying to work out is if WE need to isolate.

DN last saw their aunt on the 27th, which was 4 days before she started displaying symptoms.

Our own kids saw DN on the 29th. We haven't seen them since.

The sister of my niece's mum started showing Covid symptoms on New Years Eve and tested positive today.

DN (and my sibling and parents) are now SI as they've seen her aunt since and within 2 days of her symptoms starting.

So basically, DN last saw her aunt 4 days before she started showing symptoms, and we saw DN 2 days after that) and two days before her aunt showed any symptoms) and not since.

Would you agree? Fully prepared to be told I'm wrong - it's genuinely bending my brain! We will do what's right of course.

Did any of you have contact with a positive case in the 48 hours before their symptoms started? If not, no isolation required

I couldn't keep track of who contacted who in your story

@dementedpixie ha ha, that's why I'm genuinely confused.

No, none of us had contact with the confirmed case within the 48 hours of her symptoms starting.

It's the fact we are 'bubbled' that added complexity for me, but if we take that out of it, we don't need to SI

From what you’ve said only dn and her mother need to isolate as your DJ hasn’t tested positive or have symptoms

Dn

It’s like if a child’s teacher tests positive only the child needs to SI

As I read it, you had contact with DN but not her aunt(who was the one who had covid). If this is right then you do t need to isolate but DN does. If your DN agents symptoms within 48hrs if you last seeing her thenyou need to isolate until she has a test- if she is positive continue to isolate, if it is negative then you can stop isolating x

How can you be so confused that you needed to make two threads?

Sorry I got confused by your thread, you only need to SI if you’ve been in contact with a COVID positive person in the two days before their symptoms started