ALBERTA'S ISOLATION PERIOD. FOR COVID19 CASES DROPS FROM 10 TO 5

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: Effective Monday, people in Alberta with at least two doses of vaccine who test positive for COVID-19 will only need to isolate for five days instead of 10.

Health Minister Jason Copping announced the change last week in the face of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, saying it was based on evidence that fully immunized people have shorter infectious periods.

Symptoms must be fully resolved by the end of the five-day period, otherwise people must continue to isolate.

Unvaccinated Albertans continue to isolate for 10 days.

As said by Health minister Jason Copping and Alberta's Chief Medical officer Deens Hinshaw.