Testing negative for early release?

[30not13]

Where I am in UK if we test negative on days 6 & 7 we can end self isolation early.

Does that mean if I do test negative both mornings I can then go out on the morning of day 7 or is it like if you do the full 10 days it's technically day 11 you are allowed out?

Apologies for asking a daft question but I can't actually find the answer and need to know for work (if I am fit of course)

You can go out as soon as you have the second test, I think.

As soon as you have the consecutive second negative result you are good to go!

As soon as you get the result - my son is currently at home, day 5 for him is Monday. So school said test early on Monday for the day 5 test and then early enough on day 6 that he will be able to get on the school bus to be in school Tuesday.

Assuming they are both negative that is!

Great thank you very much :)

Be prepared to get your hopes up and have them dashed again - I tested strongly positive on days 5 and 6, then faintly positive this morning on day 7. Hoping for my first negative tomorrow, but also trying to manage my expectations!

@NothingIsWrong

As soon as you get the result - my son is currently at home, day 5 for him is Monday. So school said test early on Monday for the day 5 test and then early enough on day 6 that he will be able to get on the school bus to be in school Tuesday.

This is correct information

Dc has tested very very very faintly positive so I reckon if I do it again tonight it might just be negative by then and we can still get another in after 24hrs on Sunday then they can go to school Monday :)

@30not13

Dc has tested very very very faintly positive so I reckon if I do it again tonight it might just be negative by then and we can still get another in after 24hrs on Sunday then they can go to school Monday :)

Or you can leave it a little bit longer, do it early Sunday morning and then first thing Monday morning.

Yes I would do very early Sunday and very early Monday. I will be doing exactly the same but a day later to make it as late as possible.

Day 5 for me yesterday - strong positive.
Day 6 today today - strong positive.

Only had a sight runny nose all week, odd cough and sneeze.

I had two days of faint lines on days 5 and 6, then day 7 completely negative, then 3 days of strong positive results. Not many people genuinely get out of isolation on day 6/7.

DS tested negative on day 5, positive on day 6 then positive all the way up to day 10.

My 5 year old had VERY faint lines on day 5 and 6, I wouldn’t have even registered they were positive if I didn’t have negative DH tests to compare them to. I find the old style LFTs so much harder to read!

Tested again tonight before bed, dc was negative so hoping for another Sunday before bed :)

Sorry to jump in but can someone tell me what counts as day 1?

Day 0 is the day you test or first day of symptoms if you have them.

So G tested positive on the Wednesday, so that's day 0. Making our day 5 Monday, and he can go back to school Tuesday with a negative test on day 5 and day 6. If he continues to test positive he's in until end of Saturday which is day 10. Free after that unless he still has a temperature.

My DD just got away with negative on days 6/7... I have test Ed a very strong positive on day 6, knowing my luck I'll go the whole 10 days

DC was very happy to return to school today :)