People with COVID-19 will no longer need to return a negative test before leaving isolation.
National cabinet has already amended its new COVID-19 rules, further relaxing testing arrangements by removing the requirement for confirmed cases in isolation to do a rapid antigen test on the sixth day after being exposed.
It means people who have had COVID-19 but do not have symptoms no longer have to return a negative test before they end their seven-day isolation period. People who have been sent into seven days of isolation because they have been deemed close contacts will still be required to return a negative rapid antigen test on day six.
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