School bubble shuts then pcr comes back negative?

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So can anyone explain the logic? My daughter's school bubble shut after a kids positive pcr. All the kids instructed to get pcr. My daughter's Pcr comes back negative then why does she need to carry on isolating till end of 10 day period?

Incubation period. She might still get it. 15 months in...

Yes, she still has to do the 10 days isolation. Symptoms can develop any time within the 10 days.

As pp said, she may still develop symptoms. It is worth doing PCR tests as there may be other cases in the class without symptoms. We had an outbreak in our school and 15 pupils in one class tested positive, most without symptom. Several family members also tested positive but fortunately they were already isolating, which helped prevent even more community transmission.

It can take up to 10 days to develop the infection.

My dh caught covid and I caught it from him on day 9 of isolation.

Thanks all. I had forgotten this.

She could test positive tomorrow.

Georgiethegorgeousgoat so she could get it after 15 months?

OK, I get this about an incubation period. But then why can people coming back from abroad reduce their quarantine period by testing negative after 5 days? It seems inconsistent to me?

@LeafBeetle that’s only if they’ve not been in contact with someone who has tested positive.

@Snoopbeef Georgie means the rules have applied now for 15 months.

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Georgiethegorgeousgoat so she could get it after 15 months?

I think @GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat's comment was a 'ffs, we've been enveloped by Covid for 15mths and you still don't get the basics'

I didn't mean that unkindly, but I'm astonished at some of the lack of basic Covid awareness at the moment.

I may or may not be a teacher who is getting sick of parents ignoring Covid basics and sending their children into school when they should be isolating!!

I know what it was. It's a patronising and rude answer to a genuine question. Everyone else managed to answer really helpfully. It's my first experience of pcr so forgive me for not remembering this information 15 MONTHS ON

A pcr should be done IF they develop symptoms, pointless doing one without. If you're getting annoyed about what to remember "after 15 months" you've had that long to get to grips with the basics of testing. We all have.

The school should not have advised PCR for all in the burst bubble. Lateral flow tests would be suitable if you have them in.

Pcr tests are for those with symptoms.

No symptoms but instructed to get pcr by school as this is the policy for school bubbles. I think you are the one who can't get their head round this after 15 months, don't be so rude.

It isnt the policy. Either school have advised incorrectly or you have misinterpreted their request.

It may well now be the policy in areas of concern, trying to track the spread. Spread in schools is a major issue and LFTs aren’t sensitive enough.

Some headteachers are asking those in closed bubbles to get PCR. Couldn't tell you why unless it's unspoken policy/guidelines from higher up but is most definitely a thing from some headteachers.

Yes that must be it. We are an area of concern. It's not my misunderstanding. Thank you Noblegiraffe.

Are they asked to do a further PCR test later in the isolation period, or just straight after the bubble bursts?

Just the one pcr straight after the bubble burst. There are 3 school years down each year has 90 kids. It's a worry.

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

The school should not have advised PCR for all in the burst bubble. Lateral flow tests would be suitable if you have them in.

Pcr tests are for those with symptoms.

I had an email from my DC’s headteacher instructing those who have burst bubbles to book a PCR under ‘been advised by government official’.

That is a lot of children isolating. Does show the problems in school at the moment

Things have changed - people ARE now allowed to get PCR tests as close contacts of someone who has tested positive, even if they don't have symptoms themselves. Whether the whole class counts as 'close contacts', I don't know, but I'd presume so if they are sending them home.

So things are not the same as they were 15 months ago. This has been the case for only a couple of weeks I think.

@BowtieBling

Some headteachers are asking those in closed bubbles to get PCR. Couldn't tell you why unless it's unspoken policy/guidelines from higher up but is most definitely a thing from some headteachers.

It's to track the spread of Delta (or shouid that be SARS-COV-2.4?) and will be on the advice of local PH officials, who will be conducting sample or blanket testing.

The requirements for isolation following contact with a confirmed case have remained unchanged (other than the reduction from 14 days to 10)

Quarantine following travel (where you may or may not have been in touch with a known case) has completely separate rules.

Pcr tests are for those with symptoms.

AND people who have been in close contact with people who have tested positive. This changed ages ago. Please don't post this stuff if you really don't know what you are talking about. Not being nasty but it's really not helpful