COVID quarantine period to be cut from 14 days to 10 days: Ong Ye Kung

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The period for individuals under COVID-19 quarantine will be reduced from 14 days to 10 days as the Delta variant has a shorter incubation period, the multi-ministry taskforce said.

People sit and wait after receiving a dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Singapore on 7 September 2021.

"This will be less disruptive to people, and yet capture a significant majority of infected cases," Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and MTF co-chair said at the conference. As the number of infection cases builds up, the authorities will prioritise contact tracing resources on preventing large clusters at high-risk and vulnerable settings.Close contacts of a COVID-19 case will be issued Health Risk Warnings or Health Risk Alerts and should get tested to minimise the risk of spread of disease. Household members of confirmed COVID-19 cases will have to quarantine themselves to further prevent risk of spread of disease.

 

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