People infected with COVID-19 and their close contacts can re-enter the community quicker after multiple states and territories agreed to shake-up isolation rules. 7NEWS
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the shake-up on Thursday as testing clinics across the eastern states struggle with extreme demand and massive queues, and result turnaround times blowout.
Mr Morrison said keeping the same response for the Delta strain for the Omicron variant “makes no sense”. “I know it is a change from what has been said, but dealing with Delta is very different to dealing with Omicron.”Asked whether the shorter isolation requirements would result in more deaths, Mr Morrison said he was confident the new rules were the best way to manage the more transmissible variant.
“Rapid antigen tests will be provided publicly at those testing centres for those who require one according to the rules,” Mr Morrison told reporters.
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