This week, mandatory fast antigen test reporting requirements and associated penalties will be eliminated along with isolation periods.
The NSW government said on Wednesday that from of Friday, it would no longer require individuals to disclose their positive RATs and would also eliminate the $1,000 punishment associated with doing so.
Additionally, nationwide mandatory isolation for COVID-19-positive patients will be abolished on Friday.
Kerry Chant, the chief health officer for NSW, asked individuals to continue sharing their data willingly and to take safety measures against Covid.
According to Dr. Chant, “registering a positive RAT via Service NSW assists us to link individuals to medical treatment, especially older people and immunocompromised, and it also helps shape our continuing public health response.”
If you have Covid, you might be contagious for up to 10 days, although you’re most contagious in the two days before to the onset of symptoms and while they’re present.
“Please continue taking those easy but crucial precautions since we all know from experience what works best to protect one another from Covid.”
Victoria will stop requiring test reporting starting on Thursday.
Even after a positive test result, employees in high-risk environments must remain isolate for seven days and abide by any health regulations put out by their company.
After Friday, residents of NSW will still be able to submit their test results using the Service NSW app.
6,799 cases discovered by RAT and 3,968 cases confirmed by PCR were reported in NSW during the previous week as of last Thursday.
In the hospital, 954 patients were receiving care for COVID, 23 were receiving acute care, and 41 passed away.