July 7, 2022

If a child is a close contact, must they undergo testing?

Testing for COVID-19 is still important to help reduce the spread of illness. Refer to this fact sheet – Best Practice Early Childhood (PDF, 76KB) under the heading ‘Workers and children with symptoms‘ for the latest guidance from Public Health on close contact rules in ECEC settings.  

What are the isolation/quarantine requirements for close contacts?

The close contact rules can be found in this link – Changes to close contact quarantine. Please continue to refer to this link checking for details. Refer to this fact sheet – Best Practice Early Childhood for the latest guidance from Public Health on close contact rules in ECEC settings.