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Self-Isolation Rules 18.01.22

If you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19 and are fully vaccinated, you do not have to self-isolate but should take daily lateral flow test for 7 days.

If you have tested positive for Covid-19, you must self-isolate for up to 10 days from the day you took a test, or the symptoms started. You may end your self-isolation period early if you take a lateral flow test from day 5 onwards and another one at least 24 hours later, and both results are negative. This means you can exit self-isolation early after 5 full days, if you have received negative results on day 5 and the morning of day 6.

If the initial positive result was from a lateral flow test, you only need to get a PCR test to confirm it if you are displaying COVID symptoms. Otherwise, you may start your isolation from a positive lateral flow result.