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Confused about self isolation

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AcornAutumn · 19/01/2021 09:32

Hancock isolating till Sunday because of the app

Is it 5 days now for a close contact?

At the moment, I won't even stop to talk to a neighbour but if a contact from T&T - I don't use the app - means 5 days, I can relax a bit.

Thanks.

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cyprian98 · 19/01/2021 09:36

It's down to when the 'contact' was. So I had a notice on 2nd January telling me to isolate for 2 days - the contact had been on 24th December. So his contact must have been 5 days ago or whatever - maths not my strong point!

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AcornAutumn · 19/01/2021 09:40

Oh thank you

I remembered talk of them reducing the period and I hoped they had done that but I guess not!

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Ch3rish · 19/01/2021 09:42

It totally depends, my DC was sent home from school to isolate but only for 6 days as the positive child hadn't been in school for the previous 4

dementedpixie · 19/01/2021 09:45

It depends when contact was. If there is a delay in taking a test or in getting the result back then the contacts might not get told to isolate until several days have passed and therefore reduces the remaining isolation time.

Mindymomo · 19/01/2021 09:55

They have reduced it from 14 days to 10 days.

dementedpixie · 19/01/2021 10:29

Its been 10 days for quite a while. I think OP thought it had been reduced further to 5 days

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AcornAutumn · 19/01/2021 10:30

@dementedpixie

Its been 10 days for quite a while. I think OP thought it had been reduced further to 5 days
Yes, there were mutterings about it and I thought perhaps it had happened. My bad, thanks everyone.
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