As soon as a child is ill, it should stay at home and for another two days.
If someone in the covid-19 family also has a home quarantine for the children, the Region states on its website.
- Two days after symptoms, the child can go back to preschool or school, but if someone in the family has confirmed covid-19, the child must be home for seven days, before it can go back, said infection control doctor Britt Åkerlind at Friday's press conference.
Recently, the number of new cases found has increased sharply in Östergötland.
Above all, there is an increase in the age group 20-30 years, but the infection is now found in broad groups of the adult population.