Same old question… will I catch covid / how many days

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My daughter tested positive on an LFT on Tuesday night. She had had a cough for a few days before but my husband had not done and LFT and I had been away for weekend… anyway I’ve been testing myself every day as I need to go out for work and I’m still testing negative. Is it too soon to think that maybe I haven’t got it? Everyone else in the house is testing negative. So I guess today is the fourth day after she got his first positive. I had Covid last summer but then so did the whole family , didn’t stop Dd from testing positive again! I am triple jabbed so don’t know if that helps. What are your experiences please? I don’t mind if I get it not ideal but I had it very mildly before. To be honest I’m surprised I haven’t got it by now as my DD coughed on me quite a lot in the past few days!!

Can anyone advise if you are still meant to go for a PCR or just do lateral flows? Been a close contact so regularly lateral flowing, not felt 100% the last couple of days with a headache and dodgy stomach but lateral flows are negative, am I right just to continue doing lateral flows in these days since contact?

If you have the official symptoms, you need a PCR. High temperature, loss of sense of small and new continuous cough. If you don't have these 3 symptoms you don't need a PCR. Continue LFTing.

If however you test positive on LFT before having a PCR, you don't need the PCR, you can upload the positive LFT instead.