Covid-19: Guidance issued by Jersey's Health Department ahead of predicted rise in cases - Jersey Evening Post

NEW Covid guidance has been issued by the government ahead of a predicted rise in cases over winter.

Islanders are still being urged to get vaccinated if eligible and stay at home if they fall ill, but advice on how long to isolate and when to take lateral-flow tests has been amended.

The Health Department has also confirmed that ‘government-led mass testing’ is likely to be reduced after the winter.

Following a review of the government’s Covid strategy, from next Tuesday:

*Guidance to take two LFTs per week will end.

*Advice on when to leave isolation after a positive test will be simplified. Two negative LFTs 24 hours apart from day five will no longer be strongly recommended. Instead, Islanders who test positive will be asked to stay at home for a minimum of five days and until they have been symptom free for 48 hours.

*Guidance to take a LFT test before visiting a vulnerable person will remain in place.

*Staff working in ‘Safe Places’ – vulnerable settings such as care homes and the Hospital – will continue to have enhanced testing regimes, such as twice weekly LFTs.

The government has also confirmed that free PCR tests will remain available at the Airport drive-through for people who have Covid symptoms or have had a positive LFT test, and the self-booking system will remain unchanged.

Free LFT tests will also remain available for all Islanders to order online.

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