20 May 2021
Beginning today, fully vaccinated individuals who have had their second dose of vaccine at least two weeks prior, will no longer have to quarantine at all if they are exposed to a confirmed positive case. This is only as long as they have no symptoms at any point.
To be clear, if a fully vaccinated individual is experiencing any symptoms, even minor ones, they will still be required to isolate and go for testing.
If they then test negative, they would not be required to quarantine further. If they test positive, they must follow the protocol and isolate for 10 days from when their symptoms started.
This is for any close contacts who have received both doses of a vaccine.
For those who have received only one dose of a vaccine, these individuals will now have a shortened quarantine period if they are a close contact of a confirmed case.
The quarantine period for these people with one dose of vaccine is being shortened from 14 days to 10 for close contacts who have no symptoms.
In addition, if these individuals have a COVID-19 PCR test on day seven or later of their quarantine period, they can be released from quarantine even earlier, as soon as they get a negative result.
However, if they test positive, they will, of course, need to isolate as usual.
If a partially vaccinated close contact is experiencing symptoms, then they would still be required to isolate, as usual.
