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#Australia lockdown rules unvaccinated full#

It's a substantial change from previous guidelines, which have sent entire venues full of people into isolation because they have been in an indoor setting with a COVID-19 patient for more than 15 minutes. In some other high-risk settings, like superspreader transmission events, NSW Health may specifically order some people who are not household contacts of confirmed cases to isolate for seven days. If you regularly attend a household where someone has tested positive for COVID-19 - for example, you are dating someone and often visit them - you must also get a test and isolate for seven days. If you live in the same household as someone who is COVID-19 positive, you will still need to get a test and isolate for seven days, regardless of the result. Masks, while still strongly encouraged where social distancing isn't possible, have been dropped as a requirement in most indoor settings including in shops.įrom today, fewer people will be forced into isolation after exposure to a positive case.Ĭlose contacts will also no longer have to isolate for 7 days - they will only be required to have a PCR test, and wait for a negative result. What has changed today?Ī number of changes come into effect today for people in NSW, regardless of vaccination status.įrom today there is no limit to the number of people allowed in your home, at outdoor public gatherings and at hospitality venues. The state was again subjected to stay-at-home orders at the end of June this year in response to a Delta outbreak.Ĭatch up on the latest COVID-19 news hereīut high vaccination rates have now allowed Australia's most populous state to restore many freedoms not seen since March last year, despite rising COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron strain. It's been about 21 months since NSW was first plunged into lockdown in response to the global spread of COVID-19.

The rules around masks and QR codes have been relaxed, as have the requirements for close contacts to isolate for seven days. Specifically, socioeconomically disadvantaged students’ attendance dropped after the roughly two-month remote-learning period (the restrictions were lifted at different points for different ages).More COVID-19 restrictions in NSW are being eased today, and, for the first time since June, unvaccinated people are being given significant freedoms too. “The very high uptake among the Liberal party identifiers may reflect the influence of the incumbent Liberal state government upon party followers.”Ī second study, also published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, found that the “relatively short” 2020 lockdown in Tasmania still had an effect on school attendance.

“Only 1% of Liberal identifiers in the Tasmanian survey are unvaccinated, compared with 11% of Labor, 12% of Greens and 20% of non-identifiers. “Political party identity effects are also apparent in the Tasmanian sample,” writes Tranter. Read more on lockdown restrictions: The psychology of COVID compliance Its data suggested that those who prioritised the economy over public health were less likely to wear masks, use check-in software, or get tests or vaccinations.

The Tasmanian survey examined attitudes to COVID-19 restrictions in more detail.