Self-isolation

Self-isolation helps stop coronavirus spreading. NHS guidance states that if you have symptoms of covid-19, or you live with someone who does, then you should not leave your home. This is known as self-isolation.

If you are self-isolating, you must:

• not leave your home for any reason – if you need food or medicine, order them by phone or online, or ask someone else to drop them off at your home.
• not have visitors, such as friends and family, in your home.

Press play to hear compliance and sustainability director, Shaun Davis’s advice around self-isolation.

‘If you are an individual living on your own and you develop symptoms, you should self-isolate for seven days,’ said Shaun.

‘If at the end of that seven days, you’ve no longer got the symptoms, then you can return to work. As a reminder, the symptoms include a temperature or a persistent cough.

‘If you are part of a household, and you’ve got people with symptoms within that household, then you would need to isolate for 14 days.’

Click here to watch the full RMtv film with the first part of our frequently asked questions around colleague’s coronavirus-related concerns.