英政府擬調整隔離要求
UK to reduce isolation time
英政府擬調整隔離要求The British government is looking at reducing the time people have to self-isolate if they come into contact with someone with COVID-19 from the current 14 days through the use of a new testing regime, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday.
英國衛生大臣漢考克11月23日表示,英國政府正考慮縮短對新冠確診病例密切接觸者的14天自我隔離要求,以新的檢測方案取而代之。"We're piloting a process, using these new tests that we have, to allow people to take a test every single day instead of having to isolate for that period so that it picks up if you're positive even before you have symptoms," he told Sky News.
漢考克向天空新聞表示:“我們正利用已有的新的檢測手段展開試點,用每天檢測的方法取代14天隔離期。這樣的話,在症狀出現之前就能提前甄別新冠感染者。”
He said the scheme was being piloted this week and if successful, would be rolled out among health and social care staff and then in the new year more broadly.
漢考克表示,新方案本週試點,成功的話將很快在衛生和社會護理人員中展開,明年將在更大範圍人羣內鋪開。According to The Times, England will introduce a new system on Dec 15 allowing passengers arriving from high-risk countries to take a COVID-19 test after five days of quarantine and to be released from any further self-isolation if they test negative.
另據《泰晤士報》報道,自12月15日起,來自高風險國家的赴英格蘭旅客如在入境隔離第5天新冠病毒檢測結果爲陰性,將提前結束隔離期。