Australia Drops Mandatory COVID-19 Isolation Rules

A sign reading “Go straight home and Isolate” at the exit of a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Highpoint shopping center in Melbourne, Australia, on July 4, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Mandatory isolation periods for COVID-19 have been scrapped following a decision by the national cabinet.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and state and territory leaders agreed people with COVID-19 will no longer be subject to a five-day stay-at-home order following Friday’s meeting at Parliament House.