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Starting today Wednesday, Western Swedes sharing homes with people who have a confirmed COVID-19 infection are urged to stay home for seven days from the moment the infected person has started showing symptoms.
The call applies to adults and young people who go to high school. Elementary or preschool children should follow the previous recommendations and should, according to them, stay home if they themselves have symptoms of the covid-19 disease.
– Formally, it is called “rules of conduct for domestic contacts” and according to the Infection Control Act, it is something a person must follow, says Leif Dotevall, assistant doctor for infection control in the Västra Götaland region, to TT.
Leif Dotevall’s colleague Peter Ulleryd objects to calling it a “family quarantine” and clarifies the meaning of the order.
– In case of quarantine, you will not be able to leave your place. We introduce rules of conduct for domestic contacts to people with covid-19. So you can go out and walk all you want, but you have to stay away from other people, he tells Borås Tidning.
The number of recently confirmed cases of Infection in Västra Götaland is lower today than it was in the spring, but the curve points upward and new guidelines are being introduced to try to prevent further spread of the infection.
According to the new recommendations, asymptomatic people should now also be tested for infection five to seven days after someone in their household has been confirmed to be infected, in order to detect so-called asymptomatic cases of the disease in children. that people can carry and spread the virus without presenting it themselves. some symptoms of illness.
Read the DN news from West Sweden.
