Day 1..?

[Merriwicks]

I am trying to work out isolation guides and day 2 and day 8 tests.

DH was on a work night out on Friday, stayed in hotel.got bus home Saturday. Mingled with the household and got another bus on Sunday to work and mentioned there was someone coughing lots of bus. He has been away with work since.
Today he has had a positive LFT. He had PCR booked for the morning.
He developed a cough on Tuesday. As he had been out he had done LFT Monday Tuesday and Wednesday and all negative. However his cough felt different today so he did another LFT. Me and kids all negative LFT. 2 kids have coughs, which half their classes have and snotty noses) I have had booster (health care) and 1 child has had covid already. So the kids can go back to school when do you think I should book them a PCR? When would day 2 count? Would it have been on Thursday, day 2 of my husbands symptoms. As if not then we wouldn't be in contact in a time frame to matter.
In addition he hasn't been in contact with any positive cases in work and very small number of people there.
So he has either picked it up on Friday when out, Saturday on way home on bus or Sunday night on way to work on bus.

So you all haven’t seen DH since Sunday which is 6 days ago when his LFT was negative. You could wait until he gets result of PCR test, but as your DC have coughs, it may be best to get PCR tests done for them as is recommended. If your DH test comes back positive, test and trace will contact him to ascertain his actual isolation period, which they may say is from first symptoms or from test date.

Thanks for your reply. Got positive PCR yesterday. He got a text with a link to upload close contacts. I got a text to get a PCR done for me and kids. No further contact or information given. Seems like no one really cares now and it is all half hearted. I got PCRs for the rest of us today. The youngest has been vomiting but that could also be norovirus in the mix. LFT was negative.

Have your kids had PCR tests as they have coughs? If not they need to isolate until they have tests done.

Yeh they have