Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notices

Directions from the Department of Health to prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19

21C. Repeat testing
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(1) Repeat testing is not required in order for a person to de- isolate.

 

(2) A close contact who tests positive (symptomatic or asymptomatic) must be managed as a confirmed COVID-19 case.

 

(3) If testing cannot be conducted, a symptomatic close contact must self-isolate and be managed as a probable COVID-19 case.

 

[Direction 21C substituted by section 12 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]