National cabinet changes isolation rule for COVID cases — a day after announcing the previous rule

National cabinet has already amended its new COVID-19 rules, further relaxing testing arrangements by removing the requirement for confirmed cases in isolation to do a rapid antigen test on the sixth day after being exposed.

The change has been made less than 24 hours after the rules were announced following a snap national cabinet meeting on Thursday.

It means people who have had COVID-19 but do not have symptoms will no longer have to return a negative test before they end their seven-day isolation period.

The federal government says confirmed cases with symptoms should remain in isolation, while anyone with symptoms should still have a PCR test.

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