Can I take my child to the shop with me ?

[mrsjoker35]

So basically, my 5 y/o was at her dad's the past weekend there and I picked her up from school and took her home yesterday, her dad phoned me around 10 o'clock last night and told me that her little brother was currently going to the hosp to get tested so it's unknown if he has it or not but he said she(my 5 y/o) needs to self isolate until the test comes back, and of course I called the school this morning and told them she can't go etc and they said she can't return til she has a negative test so we're all going for a test at 6 o'clock. We need a big shop in and Asda is right next to the test centre we're going to get tested(my 5 y/o DD and my 7 m/o DD, myself and partner) one of us can't manage the whole shop ourselves so to cut to the actual question, can I bring my 5 y/o to Asda with us so we can kill two birds with one stone and get the big shop in? The main confusing part is because no one's confirmed positive sorry for this long winded post and sorry if I sound stupid or ignorant

I think the rules mean that contacts, if fully vaccinated or under 18, do not have to isolate.

But you have chosen to, so you ought to do it properly, so no don't. No point in half-cock

The school are wrong. Close contacts do not have to isolate anymore if double jabbed or under 18. And in your case as no-one has actually tested positive so your DD could have been in school today. If her Dad, brother etc goes on to test positive (not sure why he’s going to the hospital for a test?? Test centres are not at the hospital), then the advice is to PCR test. It’s only advice, not a legal requirement. But def the right thing to do.

To answer your question, yes you can take her shopping. At this point, no-one has covid!

The only reason she's not going to school is because I told them the whole scenario and told me to wait til the boys comes back negative or not, if it comes back neg then it's fine but if it comes back positive then my DD can't come back til she has a negative. Hence why we're all just getting tested today to be on the safe side ! I seen that(what you said about the under 18 y/o) on the NHS website but then the school told me that

Why can’t one of you wait with the children whilst the other shops?

The school are being cautious. Understandably really. You’ve told them the scenario & they are worried. You didn’t need to tell them anything legally. I’m currently awaiting a PCR result after being tracked as a close contact. I’m currently symptom free. My DD’s are in nursery & school. No-one knows anything about it. 🤷🏼‍♀️

You can take her to Asda.

@Miliao yes we were saying just get a few things and do that but it would've saved needing to wait til tomorrow night some time for the bulk of it to be delivered because we buy a lot to do us a week and a half/2weeks , and if it wasn't actually completely necessary then it'd be nice to avoid it I guess.

As she's having a PCR due to being a high risk, if it were me I'd keep her away from others until you have a result. Unless you both have physical disabilities, one of you could easily manage a trolley for say a week's shop.

why not do a click & collect? that way you don't have to go into the shop?

Why can't one of you do the shop?

None of you have to isolate under the current guidelines.

If you want to though, why can’t one of the adults do the shop alone?

If in England, under 18's do not have to isolate anymore if they have no symptoms but recommended to get a pcr so if she's symptom free she does not habe to isolate and can go into the supermarket. BUT if it was me I would very cautious until you know her dads results and her own. Could one of you just go into the shop? Or book a food delivery for tomorrow (not hard to get where I am now) or click and collect?

@mumwon @RoseAndRose @ifonly4 @girlmom21 @Miliao @Bobholll @AttaGirrrrl

Thanks for the response ladies ! We've decided we're going to leave Asda for now and do the online shop later tonight, my partner is going to the local Lidl and get two days worth to do us just now and wait for the results, hopefully we're all negative and my girl can go back to school asap. Thank you again

I always relish a solo trip to the supermarket - guaranteed peace and quiet for a bit

How much do you buy that one adult can't manage it by themselves?!

Hope you're all ok, OP.

@Miliao

I always relish a solo trip to the supermarket - guaranteed peace and quiet for a bit

Same!

Technically there’s nothing stopping you but I’d just send partner in for the essentials personally.

Sorry OP, do you mean that you can't manage a big shop your own because you have to carry it home perhaps? I'm oddly fascinated at the concept of a shop being 'too big'.