Isolation
The aim of isolation at home is to prevent infection spreading to people outside the home and to any other residents in the household.
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A person should (regardless of vaccination status) isolate throughout the infection period when:
- Having symptoms of COVID-19
- Testing positive for COVID-19 (antigen test or PCR test)
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If you are in isolation you should stay home, but you can:
- Leave home if strictly necessary, e.g. to get tested.
- Go for a walk to get some fresh air if you make sure you keep a distance from other people and do not touch anything that others also touch, e.g. door handle
Remember to wear a face mask if you need to break isolation briefly.
Also, you should:
- Avoid physical contact with other people, also the people you live with.
- Stay as much as possible in a separate room.
- Use as much as possible access to a separate toilet and bathing facilities.
- Stay at home if there is no increased risk of complicated illness in any of the people that you live with.
- Get consent from the other household members to isolate in the home.
- Pay attention to your symptoms becoming worse.
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- Avoid visitors
- Wear a face mask if in exceptional circumstances you must move around in the same room where there are other members of the household.
- Cough or sneeze into a handkerchief or your elbow.
- Clean surfaces that are also touched by other people several times a day
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Always wash your hands:
- After coughing/sneezing
- After using a handkerchief.
- After using the toilet.
- Before meals.
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- It is recommended that the bathroom/shower, kitchen and room(s) that the sick person uses is cleaned on a daily basis using ordinary cleaning agents. If there is a shared bathroom and shower, the infected person must clean it themself.
- It is recommended that doorhandles, taps and other contact points are cleaned regularly.
- Towels, bed linen and underwear should be washed at min. 80 °C. Other clothing should be washed at min. 60 °C.
- Any people who help with cleaning should not enter the home.
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- Waste may be bagged and handled as normally.
- After contact with waste, wash hands and use hand sanitisers.
- Dispose of waste with assistance by agreement.
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