South Africa adjusts COVID-19 isolation rules

By CGTN Africa

A general view of Clairwood Hospital, one of the quarantine and isolation health facilities for COVID-19 patients in Durban, South Africa. /Gallo Images via Getty Images

The South African government has announced that people who test positive for COVID-19 will no longer be required to isolate if they have no symptoms.

The decision came as a result of a substantial rise in the proportion of coronavirus-immune individuals exceeding 60-80% in several serosurveys that test people’s blood samples to pinpoint trends in the outbreak.

However, those who test positive with symptoms will still be required to isolate. But instead of being in isolation for 10 days, patients will now have to isolate for only seven days.