Guidance on working from home will be relaxed within days after Scotland continued to make progress in the battle against Omicron.
06.01.2022 - 01:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Self-isolation rules in Scotland have changed once again creating different rules based on vaccination status.
New requirements of how long to isolate after getting Covid - and when to stop - come into force at midnight on Thursday, January 6.
Nicola Sturgeon announced that people with three jabs who test positive for Covid in Scotland must self-isolate for seven days.
The period has been cut from 10 days in a move that aligns with the rules in the rest of the UK.
The FM also set out further guidance on when to stop isolating in her first Covid update of the year.
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Here's what you need to know about self-isolating in Scotland...
From midnight on Thursday, fully vaccinated people who test positive for Covid will have to self-isolate for seven days - not 10.
The definition of a fully vaccinated person is someone who has the first and second jabs along with a booster or third jab.
The isolation period can end under two conditions: if the person does not have a fever and has recorded two negative rapid lateral flow tests.
The rapid tests should be taken on day six with the second one 24 hours later.
Although if you have had three jabs and are a close contact of a positive case, then you are no longer required to self-isolate.
Instead, the requirement is to take a lateral flow test daily for seven days in a row.
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The rules are different for those who are not fully vaccinated.
A fully vaccinated person means someone who has gotten their first, second and third jab or booster.
People who aren't fully vaccinated and are close contacts of positive cases have to self-isolate for longer.
The FM specified that close contacts of
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