Fewer than a quarter of people in the UK with Covid symptoms are requesting a test, while only half say they are fully self-isolating after symptoms develop, researchers have found.
People in the UK must self-isolate for 10 days if they have Covid, with the period beginning from the onset of symptoms or, if there are no symptoms, from the day of a positive test result.
However, data from the Covid-19 rapid survey of adherence to interventions and responses (Corsair) study, conducted by researchers from institutions including King’s College London, Public Health England and University College London and published in the BMJ, suggests compliance is far from universal.
The results reveal that, in the latest round of the survey carried out between 25 and 27 January 2021, 50.8% of participants identified a cough, high temperature or fever, and loss of sense of smell or taste as signs of Covid, while only 22.2% of those who reported having Covid symptoms in the past seven days said they had requested a test.
Only 51.8% of those with recent Covid symptoms, who had not tested negative, said they fully adhered to self-isolation – meaning they did not leave home in the first 10 days after their symptoms began. Yet 71% of respondents said they intended to stick to the self-isolation rules.
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