Dear Parent/Guardian,
The self-isolation period has been reduced in Northern Ireland from 14 to 10 days as of 00:01 today Monday, 14th December. This applies to everyone self isolating, regardless of information you may have received to the contrary issued by PHA on Friday or later. See extract from the UK CMO’s below:
“On Monday 14 December, the change to the isolation period for contacts will apply to all those who are currently self-isolating including those who commenced self-isolation before Monday”- UK CMO’s Statement on the self isolation period.
The Link to the full statement is given below.
https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/news/uk-cmos-statement-self-isolation-period
Further useful information can be found on the NI Direct page, at the following link.
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-self-isolating#toc-0