Close contacts will not be allowed to visit aged care, hospitals, disability, and correctional facilities unless a special exemption applies, must wear a face mask in indoor settings outside the home, undertake daily RAT tests before coming into close contact with people outside their household, where practicable, and comply with the guidelines for seven days from the time a person in their household tested positive.
They must also notify their employer/educational facility that they are a close contact, and are not required to isolate as long as they comply with the above, work from home where practical and avoid contact with elderly and immunocompromised persons, where possible.
State MP for Oatley, Mark Coure, welcomed these new changes as common sense measures which will continue bring back a sense of normalcy to our lives, which we have not experienced in over two years.
“I want to encourage everyone to continue to abide by these new rules as we must always stay vigilant when it comes to dealing with this pandemic,” Mr Coure said.
“I am forever grateful for the enormous effort that our community put in to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated which has allowed us to return back to a sense of normalcy”.
From, April 30, public transport capacity caps will also be lifted with the requirement to wear masks on public transport, planes, and indoors at airports and cruise terminals remaining in place.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said the lifting of isolation rules for close contacts were common sense changes that would allow us to continue to move forward out of the pandemic.
Isolation rule scrapped for close contacts
ISOLATION rules for close contacts of a Covid-19 case will be scrapped this Friday as long as they have no symptoms and comply with revised NSW Health guidelines.