(CMR) Public Health Department has announced that effective 1st March 2023, confirmation PCR testing for positives will no longer be required, and COVID testing centers will cease operations on all three islands. LFT-positive online reporting will also no longer be required.
The Department recommends that cases and primary contacts of cases of COVID-19 continue to follow the existing advice on isolation and testing:
-Vaccinated and unvaccinated COVID-19 persons will isolate for six days and leave isolation on Day 7 if they have no symptoms.
-Vaccinated and unvaccinated contacts- Persons who are primary contacts of COVID-19-positive persons must conduct daily lateral flow testing for six days but may continue usual activities.
The day of a person's original positive LFT test is considered Day 0.
Relatively small numbers of people are now seeking voluntary confirmation PCR tests when LFT COVID positive, and this service is no longer providing useful epidemiology information,” CHIEF Medical Officer Dr. Nick Gent said.
“I encourage persons in the community to still test themselves with an LFT device if they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and adhere to our recommended isolation requirements,” he added.
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