isolation WWYD

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DD was at a party at the weekend. One of the girls who was also at the party felt ill on Monday and got PCR positive on Tuesday. I have been expecting Test and Trace to tell DD to isolate, but have not heard anything yet. Some of the other kids are isolating (the ones that stayed for sleepover) but others aren't. I don't even know if the parent who's kid was ill would know who was at the party.

I've kept DD off school as she's had "contact" but not sure if that's the right thing. DD doesn't think she spoke to girl but they were all on bus together (along with however many other members of the public). Party was outside. Who determines 'close contact' in this situation. Do I rely on my 12 year old to confirm how close she was?

Goes without saying that I don't want to risk speading this thing, but equally, NHS site says if you think you've had contact, but haven't been contacted by T&T, you should just socially distance (not possible in school obviously).

If you're not contacted in the meantime I'd get her a pcr test tmrw and send her to school from Monday if negative, and do daily lft's after that till next weekend.

The parent/organiser of the child that had the party should have contacted everyone that attended and should have all contact numbers. It’s that parent’s responsibility to tell all the people that attended. Test and trace may have contacted the family of the child that tested positive, but that child probably wouldn’t have everyone’s contact details, you would also hope that their school would have been told and their contact system should be put in place. At least your DD got to know and has been isolating.

I would isolate fir ten days following the party, you can’t risk sending it into school. It’s not fair on the staff or other children,

Test and trace can only contact people they've been told about. If you know that your child has been in contact with someone who has tested positive then they should isolate even without test and trace making contact.

If you know that your child has been in contact with someone who has tested positive

The OPs dilemma is her daughter doesn't think she came into contact with this girl at the party.

If your daughter is pretty certain she didn't come into close contact with this girl I would send her to school and take daily tests if worried.

@roses2

If you know that your child has been in contact with someone who has tested positive

The OPs dilemma is her daughter doesn't think she came into contact with this girl at the party.

If your daughter is pretty certain she didn't come into close contact with this girl I would send her to school and take daily tests if worried.

It was a party for 12 year olds with some staying for a sleepover, it wasn't presumably in a mansion with 100s of people so given the criteria for contact is as below and that a group of 12 year old in a standard house wouldn't be able to stay more than a metre apart and certainly wouldn't be able to say that cumulatively over the whole party they were not within 2 Mrs for a total of 15 mins, it seems unlikely that there wasn't contact.

anyone who has had any of the following types of contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19:
• face-to-face contact including being coughed on or having a face-to-face conversation within one metre
• been within one metre for one minute or longer without face-to-face contact
• been within 2 metres of someone for more than 15 minutes (either as a one-off contact, or added up together over one day)

Thanks for the thoughts. The party was outside, apart from the bus journey. DD is pretty sure they didn't have face to face contact, she may have been within one meter at some point and was probably within 2 meters on the bus.

DD goes to a different school to everyone else at the party but assuming other school is indeed carrrying out isolation procedures.

However, DD school have said that unless T&T have been in touch, and subject to negative LFT, she should come into school!

DD is desperate to go. Her school have not sent any work and she is bored senseless. I've chased school for work and been told that if she's not been contacted by T&T then she should be in school assuming LFT is negative (negative PCR Fri and negative LFT today).

Feeling completely torn. I don't think she should go in.

I think at this stage most teenagers and parents are more worried about having to isolate than passing on Covid.