{"id":11462,"date":"2021-12-13T12:08:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2021-12-13T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:09:46","slug":"11462","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/2021\/12\/13\/11462\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Covid Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The rules on self-isolation for household contacts have changed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re identified as a household contact of a positive\u00a0COVID-19 case,\u00a0you are advised to self-isolate for 10 days \u2013 irrespective of vaccination status, PCR test result and age.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should I do if my child has COVID 19 symptoms?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"appear\">It is extremely important that you continue to look out for symptoms of the virus amongst your own family. The most common symptoms are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>new, continuous cough<\/li>\n<li>fever\/high temperature (37.8C or greater)<\/li>\n<li>loss of, or change in, sense of smell or taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"appear\"><strong>If your child has symptoms, they should not attend school and you should book them a test immediately. They should remain at home and everyone in the household should self-isolate until they receive their test results. If the test is negative, everyone can stop isolating (and return to school).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information can be found on the parentclub website by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentclub.scot\/articles\/scottish-schools-and-coronavirus#link5\">HERE .<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you do not have symptoms, you can order rapid lateral flow tests for regular testing at\u00a0home.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government are encouraging everyone to take regular tests, particularly if you\u2019re socialising or mixing with other households.<\/p>\n<p>Find out how to book LFD and PCR tests by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested\">HERE .<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid Update The rules on self-isolation for household contacts have changed. If you\u2019re identified as a household contact of a positive\u00a0COVID-19 case,\u00a0you are advised to self-isolate for 10 days \u2013 irrespective of vaccination status, PCR test result and age. What should I do if my child has COVID 19 symptoms? It is extremely important that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/2021\/12\/13\/11462\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Covid Update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6823,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50289],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ht-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11464,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11462\/revisions\/11464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stdavids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}