Dominc Perrottet confirms NSW will ditch 10-day Covid isolation rule with close contacts only needing to quarantine until they get a negative test result – here’s all the details
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has ditched isolation for close contacts in a huge change to Covid quarantine rules.
NSW Health officials has ditched the seven-day isolation period rule for most close contacts as the state recorded 11,201 new infections and three deaths.
Only ‘a small number’ of exposed people – such as healthcare workers – will now be told to go into self-isolation.
‘People who have been confirmed as Covid-19 cases are asked to tell those they have recently spent time with that they have tested positive,’ a NSW Health statement said.
‘NSW Health will only contact a small number of exposed people to direct them into self-isolation under the public health order,’ it said.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet (pictured) has ditched isolation for close contacts in a huge change to Covid quarantine rules
Anyone else who has been in close contact with a confirmed Covid case will now only be expected to go into isolation until they get a negative test.
The NSW Health statement adds: ‘When the negative test result is received, they can leave isolation.’
The contacts are expected to continue to monitor for symptoms and get re-tested if they start to feel ill though.
‘NSW Health asks that they continue to be aware of any developing Covid-19 symptoms,’ said NSW Health.
‘If symptoms do later appear, people are asked to immediately seek a PCR test, and isolate until a negative test is received.’
However even if contacts have no symptoms, they are still being urged by NSW Health to take a rapid antigen tests before mixing with others.
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