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Germany may follow England in cutting isolation time as Omicron spreads

Health minister says expert council is looking at change of policy amid fears vital services could grind to halt

Germany’s health minister has said he is in favour of modifying quarantine rules to cope with a new wave of coronavirus caused by the Omicron variant, which is already dominant in some parts of the country.

Anyone infected with Omicron is required to quarantine for 14 days, and the same applies to their contacts, even if triple vaccinated. Some experts have suggested reducing the quarantine length to five days for people who show no symptoms and return a negative test result. England and Spain have shortened their quarantine times from 10 to seven days, and the US to five.

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