New Critical Worker Isolation Rules in Australian States to Ease Mounting Pressure on Supply Chain

A shopper is seen looking at the empty shelves inside the Coles Supermarket at Kedron in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 8, 2021. AAP Image/Darren England

The national cabinet is set to approve changes to isolation rules for critical workers in New South Wales (pdf) and Queensland after it was approved by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

The new changes allow asymptomatic workers in critically essential roles that are not customer facing, such as food distribution, to leave isolation and continue to attend work.