NNA - Italy scrapped quarantine rules for those coming into contact with someone positive for coronavirus providing they have had a booster shot, or were recently vaccinated or recovered. 

Health experts had urged the government to rethink its quarantine policies amid concerns that the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant could paralyse the country by forcing millions to stay at home.

With close to 100,000 people now testing positive daily in Italy, experts warned this could mean half a million more people required to quarantine every day unless the rules were eased.

Quarantine will no longer be required for those who had contact with a positive case if they have had a booster dose, or were vaccinated or have recovered within the last 120 days, according to a government statement released yesterday.—the local Italy

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