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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National

What the new household contact rules mean for Canberrans

In-depth COVID

Household contacts of COVID-positive cases will no longer have to quarantine for seven days from 11.59pm on Tuesday April 26 as long as they remain symptom free and follow a new set of precautions.

Canberrans will be able to regain some elements of freedom, even if someone in their home contracts COVID-19. Less than a third of household contacts in the ACT tested positive for the virus in the last six weeks.

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