Prognosis
Australia Eases Isolation Rules to Manage Surging Omicron Cases
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Most of Australia will relax isolation rules for close contacts of coronavirus cases and recognize the results of rapid antigen tests in the face of surging omicron infections.
Five of the country’s eight states and territories will from Friday allow close household contacts of confirmed cases to isolate for seven days, and then leave after receiving a negative rapid antigen test, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters in Canberra.