Covid: NHS bosses call for free tests and isolation to remain
Senior NHS staff say they disagree with the prime minister’s planned changes to English Covid rules. Source link
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Covid: Wales’ mask and isolation laws could end in March
Covid passes rules will be axed from 18 February under plans to ease Wales’ remaining restrictions. Source link
Covid isolation period cut to five full days – Javid
Health Secretary Sajid Javid says people in England can end isolation after two negative tests on day six. Source link
PM: We’ll look at science over shortening isolation
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government will “look at the science” over possibly cutting the minimum Covid isolation period from seven days to five. He said that we must continue to use testing as “one of our most important lines of defence” against Covid. Source link
Covid in Scotland: Government ‘not contemplating’ reducing isolation
It came after a UK government minister backed dropping England’s quarantine time from seven days to five. Source link
Covid isolation period still under review – Zahawi
Education Secretary and former vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has said any plans to cut the Covid self-isolation period to five days are still under review. People who test positive for Covid are required to self-isolate for seven days, but several sectors are experiencing staffing pressure. He told the BBC any reduction in isolation would have … Read more
CDC Defends New COVID Guidance as Doctors Raise Concerns
Jan. 5, 2022 – The CDC’s recently updated guidance on isolating and testing were tied to the public’s increased interest in testing, Director Rochelle Walenksy, MD, said during a White House briefing in Wednesday. Health officials recently shortened the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to 5, creating confusion amid an outbreak … Read more
Covid: Wales’ self isolation period cut from 10 days to seven
It will drop from 10 days to seven, providing people have two negative lateral flow tests. Source link
CDC Shortens COVID Isolation, Quarantine Times
Dec. 28, 2021 — The CDC recommended shorter COVID-19 isolation and quarantine periods on Monday, cutting the time for people without symptoms and close contacts from 10 days to 5 days. CDC officials said the new guidance follows recent data that shows people infected with the coronavirus are most contagious in the 2 days before … Read more
Covid-19 cases on the rise in China as Beijing, several provinces continue to report spike
Authorities in the Chinese capital are ramping up measures like testing and restricting hotel bookings as the total number of coronavirus cases climbed to nine on Saturday, while other parts of the country reported 38 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, according to the National Health Commission. Five persons who tested positive in Beijing had travelled to … Read more