Page 38 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 8 February 2022
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staying overnight with a confirmed case, spending an evening indoors at the house of a confirmed case, driving a long distance with a confirmed case or looking after children who have since tested positive. A person who has had a high-risk exposure should undergo a PCR test as soon as possible and quarantine for seven days from the last date of exposure to the confirmed case, and undergo a rapid antigen or PCR test on or after day 6 of their quarantine. Household and high-risk exposure contacts are advised not to visit high-risk settings, such as healthcare facilities, disability care and correctional facilities, and to avoid mass gatherings and large-scale events from days 8 to 14 following their seven-day quarantine period.
A moderate-risk exposure is categorised as someone who has spent some time with a confirmed case of COVID-19—for example, someone who had dinner with a confirmed case or met at a public venue or social function. A person who has had a moderate-risk exposure should undergo a rapid antigen or PCR test as soon as possible and quarantine until a negative result is received. If their first test was within five days of their last exposure, they should undergo another rapid antigen or PCR test on or after day 6. There are no testing or quarantine requirements for other people in the same household as someone who has had a moderate-risk exposure—unless, of course, that person tests positive for COVID-19.
A low-risk exposure is categorised as someone who has had a brief or distanced contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19—for example, someone who went for a walk outdoors with a confirmed case or visited an exposure venue for a short period of time. A person who has had a low-risk exposure should monitor for COVID-19 symptoms and, if symptoms arise, they should undergo a PCR test—which is the preferred test for people with symptoms—and quarantine until they receive a negative result. There are no testing or quarantine requirements for other people in the same household as someone who has had a low-risk exposure unless, again, the person tests positive for COVID-19.
ACT Health has shifted its focus on whether cases have visited any high-risk sites and if they have come into contact with people at higher risk of serious illness in order to protect our most vulnerable community members and settings. In addition, the sources of acquisition—whether local, interstate or overseas—and individual cluster numbers have become less important and are not needed to guide the public health response. Exposure locations are no longer listed on the ACT government COVID-19 website as it is simply not possible to list every single location or business with the higher number of cases.
The ACT’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage of people aged 12 years and over continues to be world-leading, with 98.4 per cent of eligible Canberrans having received two doses of vaccine. Across Australia, as at 4 February, the ACT also had the strongest uptake of booster doses, with 54.7 per cent of Canberrans aged 16 or over having received a third or booster vaccine; and paediatric vaccines for five to 11-year-olds, with 73.1 per cent having taken up the opportunity for a first dose.
As of 5 February, ACT government clinics have administered just over half of all COVID-19 vaccine doses in the territory, with our partners in primary care administering 46.4 per cent and 2.8 per cent delivered through commonwealth
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