On November 14, Guangdong released a circular on adjusting quarantine measures in line with the optimized COVID-19 response by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism.
The circular highlighted the delivery of the new measures based on specific circumstances and the rectification of one-size-fits-all approach as well as excessive policy steps.
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Four key groups of people are mentioned in the new adjustments, along with secondary close contacts and people under quarantine.
For close contacts and inbound travelers, the COVID-19 quarantine period will be cut to 5 days of quarantine at designated sites plus 3 days of home quarantine, from the previous 7-day centralized quarantine plus 3-day health monitoring at home.
When inbound travelers are released from centralized quarantine, those with cycle threshold values between 35 and 40 in COVID-19 nucleic acid tests, if infected previously, should take 2 tests in 3 days.
Those who had visited the high-risk areas will be subject to a 7-day home quarantine instead of 7-day centralized isolation as previously required.
Those who had offered services at high-risk posts will undergo 5-day health-monitoring at home, instead of 7-day centralized isolation or 7-day home quarantine.
Secondary close contacts will no longer be identified.
Quarantine will be immediately lifted for those who have undergone 8 days of centralized quarantine with negative COVID-19 test results.
For people under centralized quarantine, those who have undergone 5-day and less than 8-days isolation should complete 1 to 3 days of health monitoring at home.
People who have undergone 5-day centralized quarantine and are qualified for home quarantine can be transferred under closed-loop management for home quarantine, while those unqualified should be subject to 3-day quarantine at original designated sites.
Source | Newsgd & Xinhua
