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The Department of Health has reinstated the Covid-19 protocols including contact tracing and isolation.
In a statement, the department explained that in “line with the principles of transparency and openness”, the implementation of a revised policy will be put on hold to accommodate all additional comments and inputs.
The department initially called off the ten days of isolation for asymptomatic individuals who encountered a Covid-19 patient, highlighting the loss of income and valuable schooltime.
Contact tracing and encouragement of testing must also take place again, after being limited to certain scenarios such as cluster outbreaks.
