What to do if anyone develops symptoms in your household

If anyone in your household has a new persistent cough, temperature (38C or greater) or loss/change to their sense of smell/taste, they should have a PCR test. Others in the household are advised to carry out daily LFT's for 5 days, unless they start showing and of the main symptoms, in which case a PCR would be required. 

A change came into effect in England on Monday 17 January and applies to all positive cases, regardless of vaccination status.

People who are self-isolating with COVID-19 have the option to reduce their isolation period after 5 full days if they test negative with an LFD test on both day 5 and day 6 and they do not have a temperature. For example, if they test negative on the morning of day 5 and the morning of day 6, they can return to their education or childcare setting immediately on day 6.

The first test must be taken no earlier than day 5 of the self-isolation period, and the second must be taken the following day.

All test results should be reported to NHS Test and Trace.

If the result of either test is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest.

The new rules also apply to people who are already isolating – so if someone was already isolating before Monday 17 January, they can take LFD tests on day 5 and 6 and if they are both negative and they have no temperature they can end their isolation.

Anyone who is unable to take LFD tests or anyone who continues to have a temperature will need to complete the full 10-day period of self-isolation.

Further information on self-isolation for those with COVID-19 is available.

Booking a test:

https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/antigen/condition  

If you use a home test kit you might find the following video useful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaw8DsF2Igc

Other useful resources

Beam: Shropshire

BEAM is an emotional health and well-being service for children and young people across the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin areas. If have something on your mind, we’re here to listen and support you.  

Click on the above link or see below for further information:

Transport

Shropshire Council’s Passenger Transport Group have provided school transport guidance for the Covid-19 emergency. This can be found on the following webpage:

https://shropshire.gov.uk/school-transport