Coronavirus: Quarantine

(asked on 6th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will add teachers to the list of essential workers who are exempt from self-isolation on contact with someone testing positive for the covid-19 omicron variant.


Answered by
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Maggie Throup
This question was answered on 9th December 2021

All individuals notified by NHS Test and Trace or a public health official that they are a close contact of someone confirmed or suspected to have the COVID-19 Omicron variant are legally required to self-isolate, regardless of their age, vaccination status, negative test result or worker status. This change came into force on 30 November 2021.

There are currently no exemptions to this requirement, including for essential workers.

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