Keeping DP safe from my Covid

[Nikita1709]

So I’ve just tested positive for Covid. Don’t feel too rotten, bit snuffly but not much more at the moment. We live in a small flat so no room for me to isolate away from him really, and I would love some advice on how to minimise the risk of him getting it.

I’m surrounded by Dettol spray, hand sanitizer and anti bac wipes, sanitising everything I touch. I’ve also advised him to use First Defence each day, and I’ll use the bathroom etc after him.

Is there anything else any of you would suggest? Huge thanks in advance.

keep the windows open for ventelation.

Wndows open and masks if you are in same room. Can you sleep in different rooms?

Sorry to hear that and I hope it's not too bad. Is DP vulnerable?

My DH avoided Covid twice when it was in our household of four last winter and this autumn, but we could keep in separate spaces. I caught it off one son, but he didn't.
He drove us to testing centres on three separate occasions and did not catch it.

There's no rhyme or reason sometimes in households, but if your DP is generally healthy and not in an at risk group, I wouldn't worry too much.

Second ventilation. Often, the focus is on hand cleaning and while this is obviously good practice, the ventilation message regularly gets lost.

Masks and windows.

I’d sleep apart too. Air any room you’ve slept and breathed in well before anyone enters it.

Ventilation is the most important thing.
My DH got it and I did not. Probably in my case the vaccine didn’t stop him catching it but did stop me, so that may also be true for your DH.
I took vitamin C and zinc, drank Sambucol and kept a window ajar.

If one of us gets it we've already decided we're just going to carry on as normal. We've got a small flat with no spare room and no way of avoiding each other.

I honestly think many lives would have been saved if the ventilation message had been clearer, earlier. I have a friend who will happily go to a packed nightclub but who douses herself in hand sanitiser and won’t touch a door handle. I try to tell her it is the air she breathes but she can’t get past the hand washing message.

Sorry, I’m addition to that, hope you feel better soon Op!

Thank you everyone! DP not vulnerable and double jabbed (although so am I). I will make sure to keep ventilation up, of course it has to be December.

I had covid in October. I didn't isolate myself from DH and Dd and they didn't get it.

@SandysMam

I honestly think many lives would have been saved if the ventilation message had been clearer, earlier. I have a friend who will happily go to a packed nightclub but who douses herself in hand sanitiser and won’t touch a door handle. I try to tell her it is the air she breathes but she can’t get past the hand washing message.

Agreed. My mother's the same. She will sit in a car full, windows up, but believe she is 'safe' as she's doused in sanitiser and has a mask. I have to keep pointing out she needs to open the windows a bit.