When can I leave isolation?

[Dontletthemuggglesgetyoudown]

I work in ICU and we need to get a pcr when you come into contact with someone who has Covid. And then daily tests for 10 days or until I tested positive
So
22 DH sick
23 DH positive on a pcr. I go for a pcr and it's negative
24 DH really sick myLF NEG
25 DH sick MY LF NEG I started having a sore throat in the morning
26 DH in bed all day I was hungover but MY LF NEG

27 tiny irritating cough negative LF went for PCR just in case because I don't want to take out the rest of my team if it's Covid *
28 * LFT AND PCR IS POSITIVE

Here is where DH and I differ. He thinks that because my sore throat started on the 25th, even though my Lateral flows were negative I should be able to come out of isolation at the weekend if I get 2 clear tests tomorrow and the day after whereas I think that it's ages until I can do my day 6&7 tests because even though I had a sore throat for days before I tested positive they were very resolutely negative unless I got the cough and then they were extremely positive

DH didn't believe the first one I took had 2 lines

So when can I tell work I can go back to work? I think it's the 6th he thinks it's the 1st

Ask work

Work will go from the date of the test which is the 27th regardless

From when your symptoms started so I would say when you first had your sore throat

I worked for test and protect in Scotland and we would go with 27th

A sore throat is not one of the symptoms we look for
If you had a cough/ fever or loss or change to taste or smell on the 25th we would
then go with that date

@llm24 see that's what i thought. The cough started on the 27, and that's when I tested Positive on everything. Oh well I'm stuck inside for a bit longer then. Work won't be happy but I can't help it. Ironic isn't it? I work in full ppe for months with Covid patients, don't catch it, DH catches it from a client at court and gives it to me immediately.

It is shit though I'm glad I've been vaccinated because I can't get my temp below 39 even with paracetamol

27 is day 0, on day 6 and day 7 if you have negative LFT then you can go out on day 8 but there are still restrictions on what you can do until day 10 including avoiding busy places and vulnerable people.