{"id":14678,"date":"2021-12-13T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/?p=14678"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:15:52","slug":"covid-isolation-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/2021\/12\/13\/covid-isolation-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Isolation Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The rules on self-isolation for household contacts has changed.<\/span><\/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 &#8211; irrespective of vaccination status, PCR test result and age.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>What should I do if my child has COVID 19 symptoms?<\/strong><\/span><\/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><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">If your child has symptoms, they should not attend school and you should book them a test straightaway. 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<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information can be found on the parentclub website by clicking <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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested\">HERE .<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rules on self-isolation for household contacts has changed. If you\u2019re identified as a household contact of a positive\u00a0COVID-19 case,\u00a0you are advised to self-isolate for 10 days &#8211; 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 you continue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/2021\/12\/13\/covid-isolation-rules\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COVID Isolation Rules<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4686,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11875],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-blog","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14679,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678\/revisions\/14679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stfergus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}