What is meant by a contactĪ contact is a person who has been close to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you are concerned about your symptoms, seek medical advice. These symptoms may have another cause and are not on their own a reason to have a COVID-19 PCR test. There are several other symptoms linked with COVID-19. You do not need to take a PCR test if you have already taken an LFD test and the result was positive. However, if you have any of the symptoms listed above, even if your symptoms are mild, stay at home and arrange to have a PCR test. a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)įor most people, COVID-19 will be a mild illness.
The main symptoms of COVID-19 are recent onset of any of the following: There is separate guidance for those working in health and social care settings. If you live in the same household as a person who has symptoms of COVID-19 or who has received a positive LFD or PCR test result, follow the Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed COVID-19. This guidance is for contacts who do not live in the same household as the person who has tested positive for COVID-19. These contacts are at risk of developing COVID-19 themselves in the next 10 days and of spreading the virus to others, even if they do not have any symptoms. This guidance is for contacts of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. they are taking LFD tests as part of research or surveillance programmes, and the programme asks them to do so.they have a health condition that means they may be suitable for new COVID-19 treatments.they wish to claim the Test and Trace Support Payment.People who have a positive LFD test result should only have a follow-up PCR test if: They are no longer required to have a follow-up PCR test, and they should stay at home and self-isolate immediately. The advice for people who have a positive LFD test result has changed. If you have been in close contact with, but do not live with, a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, follow the guidance below. If you live in the same household as a person who has symptoms of coronavirus (COVID- 19) or who has received a positive LFD or PCR test result, follow the Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed COVID-19.
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