DD has tested positive, does DS have to stay home from nursery now?

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

I'm so confused about all the guidelines as they change so often! What about DH, can he still go to work?

Only the positive person has to stay home unless you are unvaccinated. Daily LFTs are recommended for everyone in the household.

If you are in England that is.

Just going through this myself! Eldest is positive and I've tested my 1 year old twins and sent to childminder - they both tested negative but having just filled out all the forms for eldest for T&T it says under 5 don't need to be tested daily?

The nursery we use has a very clear policy that she couldn't - but they communicated that clearly, noting that it goes beyond the current guidance but they feel it's best to stop (another) big outbreak at the nursery.

@Waxonwaxoff0

Only the positive person has to stay home unless you are unvaccinated. Daily LFTs are recommended for everyone in the household.

Ahh right okay, well both DH and I are triple jabbed so at least he can still go to work. DS won't let me anywhere near him with a swab so not really sure what to do there. Maybe wait til he's asleep?!

If you can't do a LFT he needs to isolate.

If you can, it might be worth keeping him off - my ds was positive with symptoms on the Saturday, DD didn't develop symptoms until the Tuesday but could have gone to nursery on the Monday (we kept her off as home with DS anyway) - it just seems to risk spreading unnecessarily. If you and DH are jabbed you just need to test every day but can still go out. Hope your DD is ok and the rest of you stay negative.

@BooksAndGin

If you can't do a LFT he needs to isolate.

If he's under 5 he doesn't have to test according to the message from NHS I've just had

I thought children still need to isolate as close contacts as they aren’t vaccinated?

Oh ok I have just read the guidance. Under 18s are not required to isolate as close contacts and under 5s are not required to test unless symptomatic.

I wouldn't send if you can avoid - my 6yo tested positive on Monday, 3 year old on Friday and both adults went down Sunday and Monday. Unless you can isolate in the house that is;

If he's under 5 and has no symptoms he can continue going to nursery (unless your nursery has a different policy of their own).

(And he doesn't need LF tests I meant to add.)

Technically, according to the government, yes. But your nursery policy may be different. Ours asks that household contacts self-isolate to, as they are unvaccinated, and the chances of them also getting ill and spreading it is relatively likely (one of my dc did and one didn't when they were household contacts of dh).

Personally, if you are home anyway, I think it makes sense just to keep them home to limit spread and not risk shutting the whole nursery down if staff have to self-isolate. But at the very least, yes, I think you should be doing LFTs, if you can find them, regardless of whether they are meant for under 5s or not.