Australia’s chief health officers are considering reducing the isolation period for people who test positive to COVID-19 following recent moves by health agencies in the US and the UK to shorten isolation requirements.
A senior federal government source, speaking on the condition of anonymity to detail the committee’s confidential work, said the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee was expected to report back early next year, with recommendations likely to be presented to national cabinet.
“I firmly believe it’s worthy of strong consideration, but preferably it should be done in a national uniform approach approved through [the Health Protection Principal Committee],” he said. The Health Protection Principal Committee is also reviewing the level of exposure required for a person to be defined as a close contact, as it looks to tweak COVID-19 protocols to minimise disruption to people’s lives as the spread of COVID-19 is normalised., surpassing the previous record of 2297 cases in mid-October. NSW recorded more than 6000 new cases.
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