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you have been traced as a contact of someone who tested positive 
For advice on when you might need to self-isolate a nd what to do, go to 
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19 and read ‘Self-isolation and treating symptoms’. 
Form B: positive test result 
Your coronavirus test result is positive. You had the virus when the test was done. 
Even if you have not had symptoms of coronavirus, you must self-isolate for 10 days from the day 
after your test date. Your test sample may be genom e sequenced to check whether you have a 
virus variant of concern or variant under investigation. 
People you live with or have travelled with should also self-isolate for 10 days from the day after 
you took a test. 
If you received a positive test result for the test taken you do not need to take any further tests. 
People you are travelling with must still take a da y 8 test if they have travelled from an amber list 
country. 
You may be contacted for contact tracing and to check that you, and those who you live or are 
travelling with, are self-isolating. 
You must not travel, including to leave the UK, during self-isolation. 
Contact 111 if you need medical help. In an emergency dial 999. 
Form C: unclear test result 
Your coronavirus test result is unclear. It is not possible to say if you had the virus when the test 
was done. 
You must take another test or self-isolate for 10 days from the day after your test date. 
You may be contacted to check that you are self-isolating. 
 
(4)  Where— 
(a)  regulation 4 or 4A of the Health Protection (Notifi cation) Regulations 2010 applies in 
relation to the test provider; or 
(b)  if the test provider arranges with another person ( “X”) for X to carry out any element of 
the single end-to-end testing service on their beha lf, either of those regulations applies to 
X in the carrying out of that element, 
the regulation applies as if it required the inform ation described in sub-paragraph (5) to be 
included in the notification to Public Health England. 
(5)  The information mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) is— 
(a)  the date on which P last departed from or transited  through a category 2 country or 
territory; 
(b)  P’s coach number, flight number or vessel name (as appropriate); 
(c)  the country or territory P was travelling from when P arrived in England, and any country 
or territory they transited through as part of that journey; 
(d)  the date on which P undertook the appropriate test; 
(e)  whether the test is— 
(i)  a day 2 test for a category 1 arrival, 
(ii)  a day 2 test for a person who is not a category 1 arrival, or 
(iii)  a day 8 test.