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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy noticeA COVID 19 contact is anyone who has been close to profitable in selling,get a tested positive for COVID 19.

You can be a contact any time from two days before the one who tested positive or developed their symptoms and up to 10 days after as this is when they can pass the infection on to others.

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for that reason, a number of people will be wondering if their household has to quarantine if one person is confirmed as a coronavirus contact.

at CambridgeshireLive, We done some digging into the latest guidance to answer your burning questions and available on the market we found.

precisely what is contact? depending on government, A contact can be the examples below:

Anyone who lives in the same household as another person who has COVID 19 symptoms or has tested positive for COVID 19 Anyone who has had any of the following types of contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID 19: Face to face contact including being coughed on or having a face to face conversation within one metre Been within one metre for one minute or longer without face to face contact Been within 2 metres of someone for upwards of 15 minutes (Either as a one off contact, Or added up connected over one day) A person may also be a close contact whether they have had travelled in the same vehicle or plane as a person who has tested positive for COVID 19.

If you have being best known as a contact, You have been assessed as being at risk of rising COVID 19, Even without any symptoms.

What do I do if I am contact of somebody who has tested positive for COVID 19? If you are told by NHS Test and Trace that you are a contact of productive had a positive LFD or PCR test result for COVID 19, You are legally required to stay at home and self isolate unless you meet one of the examples below conditions:

you are fully vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means you have had 2 doses of an approved vaccine such as Pfizer BioNTech, AstraZeneca maybe Spikevax (earlier Moderna); You are also fully vaccinated if you have had one dose of the single dose Janssen vaccine You are aged under 18 years old You have taken part in or are currently part of an approved COVID 19 vaccine trial You are not able to get vaccinated for medical reasons You may also be informed by the NHS Test and Trace app that you are a contact of a learner had a positive LFD or PCR test result for COVID 19.

normally you should follow the advice provided within the app.

Contacts who are legally required to self isolate If notified by NHS Test and Trace that you are a contact of a student had a positive LFD or PCR test result for COVID 19, and you're aged over 18 years and not fully vaccinated, You are legally had to self isolate, the government website reads.

This does not apply if you have taken part in or are currently part of an approved COVID 19 vaccine trial or you can not get vaccinated for medical reasons.

What should my household do while I self isolating? If you are legally required to quarantine because a person fully vaccinated and you are a contact of someone with COVID 19 who you do not live with, Your household doesn't have to self isolate with you.

but unfortunately, People in your household should take extra care to follow the guidance on how to stay safe and help to avoid the spread of COVID 19.

The Government stresses it is crucial your household follows this advice even if you are feeling well.

This is because symptoms can take up to 10 days to appear from your last contact with the one who has tested positive for COVID 19, And it is easy to pass on infection even if you do not have symptoms.

What to do if you develop any of the main warning signs of COVID 19 during your quarantine period? If you are legally required to self isolate because you are a contact of someone with COVID 19 and you develop any of the main signs of COVID 19 during your isolation period, Stay both at home and arrange to have a PCR test.

immediately your symptoms start, You and anyone in your household should follow the stay at home: Guidance for individuals and their families with possible or confirmed COVID 19.

If your PCR test result can be positive, You and your household should continue to follow the be home more guidance.

If your PCR test effect can result in negative, Then you must still complete the full 10 days of self remoteness, As may possibly still develop COVID 19. in order to follow this guidance.