{"id":39683,"date":"2021-01-06T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T05:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=39683"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T05:03:09","slug":"quarantine-period-for-close-contact-covid19-cases-reduced-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/coronavirus\/quarantine-period-for-close-contact-covid19-cases-reduced-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Period For Close Contact COVID-19 Cases Has Officially REDUCED In Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are sitting at home self-isolating right now, then this latest COVID-19 update will come as a saviour for you.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has <strong>REDUCED<\/strong> the <strong>isolation period<\/strong> for certain COVID-19 patients and close contact cases to 10 days from the initial 14-day period.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The revised guidelines apply to any close contact case who has interacted with a confirmed COVID-19 individual, with the 10-day period beginning from the day they were first exposed to the positive case.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, those who have come in close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case but did NOT develop any symptoms should also abide by the new quarantine period of 10 days, starting from the day they were first exposed to the positive individual.<\/p>\n<p>The DHA defines close contacts as any one of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who have been within two metres of a COVID-19 patient for more than 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Those who have had direct physical contact with a COVID-19 case<\/li>\n<li>Those who have provided direct care for patients with COVID-19 and who haven\u2019t used proper personal protective equipment (PPE)<\/li>\n<li>Anyone living in the same household with an infected COVID-19 patient<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Furthermore, the DHA has also reduced the isolation period for certain COVID-19 positive patients to 10 days from the initial 14-day period<\/h2>\n<p>The shorted quarantine period is applicable to asymptomatic individuals and patients who did not develop any symptoms since testing positive.<\/p>\n<p>This also applies to patients with mild cases of COVID-19 who have complete recovered from their symptoms &#8211; without the use of fever-reducing drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Although, for patients who have tested COVID-19 positive, they can only get off isolation once they have tested negative in a PCR test two consecutive times that are 24 hours (or more) apart.<\/p>\n<p>The DHA clarified that shortening the quarantine period is based on the rigorous global research on COVID-19, stating that the majority of contact cases get infected within the first 10 days of the exposure.<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<div class=\"articles-text-block\">\n<h2>Listen To The Lovin Daily:\u00a0Quarantine Period For Close Contact COVID-19 Cases Has Officially Reduced In Dubai<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lovin Daily: Quarantine Period For Close Contact COVID-19 Cases Has Officially Reduced In Dubai <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLoQuBvo9e\">https:\/\/t.co\/mLoQuBvo9e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lovin Dubai | \u0644\u0648\u06a4\u0646 \u062f\u0628\u064a (@lovindubai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lovindubai\/status\/1346677799365402624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/thelovindaily\/embed\/episodes\/The-Lovin-Daily-2021-Ramadan-Dates-Announced-Plus-A-Cat-Burnt-By-Hot-Oil-Gets-Rescued-In-Dubai-eoilb4\/a-a4997mr\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are sitting at home self-isolating right now, then this latest COVID-19 update will come as a saviour for you. 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