PEI Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Heather Morrison (Photo: Prince Edward Island Government Facebook)
Prince Edward Island is shortening the isolation period for those who test positive for COVID-19 to seven days for vaccinated individuals and ten days for the unvaccinated.
P.E.I. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison says the new variant is behind the changes which take effect Friday morning (January 7 at 8 a.m.).
“The Omicron variant has a shorter incubation period which is the time from exposure to onset of symptoms than previous strains of COVID-19.
“These changes balance the risk of transmission with the need to isolate people for the shortest period of time while minimizing disruption in our province.”
Dr. Morrison says P.E.I. has averaged 156 cases per day over the last week and now has nearly 1,500 active cases.
Four people are in hospital with COVID-19 with one in intensive care.
There are currently three individuals in hospital for other reasons who have tested positive for the virus.
