It’s a dilemma, if he does have bronchitis, is being treated by his GP and is Covid negative.
I tend to get chest infections which leave me with a persistent cough for weeks afterwards. I have already asked my workplace what should I do if this happens this winter. I assume after my GP does the whole Covid testing, treating the chest infection I am free to go to the office as my workplace wants us back in. So am I to sit at my desk coughing my lungs out for a few weeks? What do I say to my colleagues? I don’t necessarily want to share personal medical info with them so are they going to freak out? And even worse we share office space with another company, what will they think?
My company had no answer, they definitely did not want to say continue to work from home until the cough disappears, which is what I thought would be the best option. The only weak response I got was that they would deal with non Covid illness but with Covid like symptoms when the situation arose.