The British Minister of Health announced Thursday, January 13 to shorten the duration of isolation for Covid-19 patients in England from a minimum of seven days to five days, with a negative test, to "
minimize
" the impact of these quarantines on the economy.
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"
We have re-examined the isolation period for positive cases, to ensure that the measures in place make it possible to maximize economic and educational activity, for example, but also to minimize the risk of contagious people coming out of isolation
", Sajid Javid said in front of the deputies.
Citing figures from the British Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the minister stressed that "
about two thirds of positive cases are no longer contagious by the end of the fifth day
".
From Monday, with two negative self-tests on the fifth and the beginning of the sixth day, positive people will be able to leave quarantine.
This was so far ten days with the possibility of reducing it to seven in the event of a negative test.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was under heavy pressure to reduce the length of isolation to five days, like the United States, amid massive absenteeism of sick people disrupting key sectors such as healthcare. health, education or transport.
One of the most bereaved countries in Europe with more than 151,000 dead, the United Kingdom has recorded daily contaminations records in recent weeks, attributed to the Omicron variant, but positive cases seem to have started to decline in recent days.
