Australia’s National Cabinet Agrees to Expand Close Contact Isolation Rule Exemption List

Australia’s National Cabinet Agrees to Expand Close Contact Isolation Rule Exemption List
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Jan. 6, 2022. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced, following the national cabinet meeting, that close contact isolation rules changes will be expanded to help ease supply chain issues and keep the economy running.

The earlier changes that allowed food and grocery workers identified as close contacts to return to work with a negative test result for COVID-19 has been expanded to all freight, transport, and logistics employees, including workers at service stations.