Positive Lateral flow - do I have to take her for PCR?

[Keepgoing88]

Hi my daughter has tested clear positive on 2 lateral flows this evening. She is fine other than a slight cough last night. I know as she has symptoms I’m technically meant to get her a pcr but last time she did one she vomited and hates them so much ! I full intend to isolate with her but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to skip the PCR?

God only knows! I can't keep up.

(Sorry, not much help)

How old is she? My little boy is 6 (also recently diagnosed with autism) and has developed a huge phobia of covid tests (including when they are just in the nostril). It's become absolutely impossible without 3 people restraining him. I'm not going to do this so unfortunately I'll have to isolate him if he has symptoms. It's a nightmare because I'm now a single mum and I really need to be at work.

3!

You don't need to do a pcr.

I don't know 'officially' if you should or not but I took my 4 year old for one last week and was advised to only do the nostril sample. Made life much easier.

If you are in England, no, you don't need to get a pcr, just record the lft result on the website.

No pcr required.

No PCR required, but log the positive on gov.uk website.

Definitely don’t bother! You will get caught up in the nightmarish NHS bureaucracy. No-one I know who is getting a positive is bothering with a PCR now.

No you don't. Just record the LFT result here: www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result

Thanks everyone have recorded the LFT