Lft after covid?

[tired17]

If someone had covid (confirmed with pcr) how long after this should they resume regular lft testing for school? Obviously they have done their 10 day isolation but I'm not sure if they are now exempt from testing for a period to prevent a test showing positive from their previous infection?

I can't find any information on this.

It was 90 days.

It used to be 90 days but schools are now asked to encourage testing even if people have recently had it - this is from a DfE email to schools in early Jan.

I’ve wondered this too - I’m going on the basis of 90 days

@insatiableme

It was 90 days.

That's PCR

Given you need two negative LFTs to leave isolation, I'd say its fine to test. I've tested since going back to work last week post covid

I think this new guidance for schools should be publicised, but hasn't been!

@JanglyBeads

I think this new guidance for schools should be publicised, but hasn't been!

I know! I've only seen it because I work in a school and get the DfE emails, so we've promoted it to our parents but I've not seen the change of stance anywhere else!

Guidance says 90 days but you can get covid twice in that time, dd has. She had covid in December, confirmed by pcr. 5 weeks later she catches it at school, was an outbreak and her daily lft's were negative for a week then went positive so wasn't from previous infection. Now gone negative again on day 5&6. It was not from the previous infection as everyone keeps telling me.

We are all told to use negative lft's to determine when we come out of isolation. So they obviously go go negative after infection, but the time frame varies per person.

Lft's pick up when you are most infectious too.

I would perhaps leave it a week or two after infection then carry on using them.

I had covid in December and every lft test I've done since then is negative, as is dp's who also had covid in December.