How is the period of self-isolation calculated for parents caring for COVID-19-infected children, and in cases where the parents become infected and their young children live with them?

If a child infected with COVID-19 needs care, they will be cared for by one of their parents. This means that one of the parents lives together in the same room with the infected child, so the father, mother or guardian is exposed to the infected child all the time.

For this reason, 10 days of self-isolation for one parent who is permanently with the child is calculated from the day on which the child's infectious period is assessed to end. The last exposure is considered to be the 10th day of the illness, which is theoretically the last day of the infectious period.
This means that for an exposed parent (guardian), self-isolation is calculated by adding 9 days to the 10th day of illness of the sick child.

For example, if the symptoms of the child occurred on October 1 or a sample for COVID-19 test was collected from an asymptomatic child on 1 October, it means that the last day of child’s infectious period is 10 October. This is the day when the caring parent (guardian)  has the last risky contact with a sick child. Therefore, the self-isolation of the caring father, mother or guardian in this case is calculated from 10 October until October 19 inclusive.

Self-isolation is calculated in the same way in cases where young children live with infected parents because there is no possibility of separate self-isolation.