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I'm still getting questions about why the woman who travelled to Maleny exited isolation in Melbourne 10 days after she tested positive for COVID-19.

This from Jeanette Young is quite a clear explanation.

Protocols are currently being strengthened. So we have extended the time that we require somebody to stay in isolation when they are confirmed to have this virus. So it is now going to be 14 days, instead of the 10 days before.

Now, we've got to remember, and this is very complicated — quarantine is when you don't have the disease. And we require people to be in quarantine for 14 days from when they have [potentially] been exposed. So there is that. Then, once you have been confirmed to have the infection, prior to this new variant, we required people to be in isolation for 10 days or three days after they have had no symptoms, whichever is the longer.

So we put that in place, and we have not seen, in Australia, a single outbreak related to that protocol. So, early on, we had tighter protocols, till we worked out what was going on, and then we brought into a new protocol and we have had no problems.

Now, we have got a new variant, so we have to review all those protocols, which we have, so we've immediately put in place that people must remain in isolation for 14 days rather than 10 days, plus have an exit test. So that is now in place. It mightn't stay in place indefinitely, we will review and work out, but just again, but it's a precautionary principle, we have put in place immediately.

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