Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has signalled stay-at-home requirements could be further eased in Australia, helping get more staff back to work sooner
has signalled that COVID-19 isolation requirements could be cut to as little as five days in Australia, to help stem the growing staff shortages and limit further disruptions to the economic recovery.
In Australia, some workers in the food and grocery, warehousing and transport sectors can return to work if they are without virus symptoms and test negative. But the requirements have not been eased in the hard-hit hospitality and retail sectors.Although Health Minister Greg Hunt said there was no current proposal for zero isolation for infected people in Australia, the Treasurer pledged that health settings would remain “pragmatic and proportionate”.
“It’s never set and forget. The government will do everything possible to help support the Australian community on both the health and the economic front.” “The more you go down that path of shorter isolation periods, the higher the risk of having transmission in the community. That’s very clear.” “Until close contact isolation requirements are relaxed for all workers, businesses will continually be forced to close or significantly reduce their operating capacity. It is likely that national cabinet will need to revisit close contact isolation protocols as long as acute staff absenteeism continues,” he said.
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