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England reduces COVID-19 quarantine to five days

British Health Minister Sajid Javid announced a reduction to five days of the minimum quarantine for people positive for COVID-19 in England, seeking to “minimize” the impact of work absences on the economy.

We have reviewed the isolation period for positive cases, to ensure that the measures in place maximize economic and educational activity, for example, but also minimize the risk of contagious people leaving quarantine.”, He announced before the deputies.

Citing figures from the British health security agency, UKHSA, the minister defended that “about two-thirds of positive cases are no longer contagious by the end of the fifth day. “

Thus, starting Monday, people who have tested positive for COVID-19 will be able to leave quarantine if they have two consecutive negative results on the fifth day and at the beginning of the sixth.

Until now, the isolation period was up to ten days with the possibility of reducing it to seven if they had a negative test.

In the face of massive absenteeism from COVID-19 that is disrupting key sectors such as healthcare, education and transportation, the Boris Johnson government was under pressure to reduce the isolation period to five days, as the United States has already done.

One of the worst-hit countries in Europe by the pandemic, with more than 151,000 deaths, the United Kingdom has registered a record of daily infections attributed to the omicron variant in recent weeks, but the number of positive cases has been decreasing in recent days.

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