Another child tested positive- concerned!

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Me and my husband are both key workers & so our baby has been going to nursery as normal 2 days a week. We had an email from the nursery today to say that a child in our babies bubble had a positive covid test yesterday. The nursery are insisting that only people who had contact with the positive case 48 hours before their test need to isolate and therefore the bubble remains open and all staff and children are safe to be in nursery as normal as the positive case has not effected anyone directly due to this 48 hr clearance - However I can not get my head around this rule as we are told the virus has a 10-14 day incubation period. Can someone please explain and put my mind at ease that this is correct and we are not at risk from this case or carrying on as normal. I totally understand its a risk sending them to nursery at the moment & not at all annoyed that some one else had tested positive in fact i am genuinely concerned for the family and wish them well. My concern is that we are being given correct information about contact and isolation. Sorry to write an essay. Thank you

This does sound correct.
Apparently your infectious two days before symptom's

This is how schools have been operating since early October, before then we did shut year group bubbles down. Admittedly though we have seen multiple cases of spread after we have sent home close contacts only. The idea for close contact baffles me for a virus spread by aerosol.

Bless you thanks so much for answering me.

Check the guidance on the nhs website.

A positive test can come a few days after the test itself. So if the child was kept off nursery as soon as they showed symptoms - then the countdown starts from then.

When we had positive tests in our class, we were told it was 2 weeks from when that person began self isolating.

So just ask the nursery, what guidance are they applying?

I did call and ask to speak to the manager but he was off today ( he runs more than one nursery) and the deputy was was in a meeting but the senior of my babies bubble assured me that the positive child hasn't been in contact with any child or staff since middle of last week and the guidance and policy states to only close the bubble or isolate staff and children who were in contact 48hrs before the date they took the test. I just came off the phone initially and it didn't sit right with me and my anxious personality needed that bit more reassurance. Thanks

It's 48 hours pre symptoms not pre date of test, unless the tester was completely asymptomatic. It may be a moot point of course in this case.

It depends whether the child is symptomatic or not. It the child has symptoms it should be 48hrs before the start of symptoms. If you take a test for some reason and aren’t symptomatic, then it’s 48 hrs before the date you took the test.

Hmm well i am beginning to wonder now if the staff member meant my child had not had contact with the positive case since mid of last week as thats when I last sent them in and 48hrs before the childs test would have been Saturday when nursery was closed and thats why they are saying the whole bubble remains unaffected.

Problem with babies is they cannot tell you they feel poorly and just because the parents notice symptoms enough to take them for a test Saturday doesn't mean they already had loss of taste and smell or feeling of unwell the days leading up to it. But i guess confidentiality will prevent any ins and outs being disclosed.

My husband job sees him having contact with vulnerable adults so he is so worried he will potentially carry and pass covid on as it is but this is very close to home as a risk. I work two days and two evenings in a supermarket. We get it could just as easily be our family who take covid in to the babies setting.