Lee
Moderator
My lad works at a college and has been sent home, along with 2 other teachers, to self isolate for 2 weeks due to one of the students testing positive for the virus. The contact with the student was Friday. My lad is going to isolate.
Does anyone know the actual rules as to whether you have to isolate in this instance? All I can find is the following which is from the perspective of the one who has the virus....
'You may want to tell people you've been in close contact with in the past 48 hours that you might have coronavirus.
What does close contact mean?
Examples of close contact include:
Does anyone know the actual rules as to whether you have to isolate in this instance? All I can find is the following which is from the perspective of the one who has the virus....
'You may want to tell people you've been in close contact with in the past 48 hours that you might have coronavirus.
What does close contact mean?
Examples of close contact include:
- close face to face contact (under 1 metre) for any length of time – including talking to them or coughing on them
- being within 1 to 2 metres of each other for more than 15 minutes – including travelling in a small vehicle
- spending lots of time in your home, such as cleaning it
COVID-19 symptoms and what to do
Find out about the symptoms of COVID-19, what to do if you or your child has them and when to get medical help.
www.nhs.uk