I came into direct contact with someone who is positive. (It was thru work and was we were together outdoors all day Monday)
I looked on nhs site and to me it’s seems I don’t need to be tested.... o don’t have a temp, cough, taste / smell ok. But what do I do? I’m genuinely confused? Do I have to isolate? Or get tested?
My work would have told you to isolate for 10 days and only get a test if symptoms develop (no-one has to download the track and trace so that's not foolproof).
Would it be difficult for you to get tested, is there somewhere near where you live, or could you get the test kit?
The reason I'm asking is because I know of a young man in his 20's who spent an afternoon with his Aunty. The Aunt got the Covid, and although the young man had no symptoms at all, he went to get tested and he too was positive. I suppose you could do either really, it would depend on whether you wanted to know for sure.
While it might be sensible for Eve to self-isolate anyway, the actual advice given on the NHS website is that self-isolation is only required if the positive contact is a family member, if they're within a support bubble or NHS Test and Trace make contact. Otherwise the advice is simply as follows:
"If you think you've been in contact with someone who has coronavirus, but you do not have symptoms and have not been told to self-isolate, continue to follow social distancing advice"
Please stay at home keep out of the supermarket until you have isolated for 10days. You might feel fine, although the throat and eyes isnt exactly nothing! But you are probably a carrier and passing it on to others.
I would do what bednobs suggested. My son’s partner tested positive and they both went into, lockdown. I had seen my son a few days before so he begged me to get tested.
I logged on to the website and put in that I had a change in my taste and smell. I got a test the next day and luckily it came back, negative.