The Maltese Government has just announced revised rules in relation to obligatory quarantine for contacts of COVID-19 positive individuals, applicable from the 16^th of August 2021.

Individuals who have been identified by the Health Authorities as contacts of a COVID positive case, and who would typically be mandated to quarantine for a 14-day period, shall now only be required to quarantine for a 7-day period. On the 7^th day, such individuals shall be required to take a swab test at a government designated swabbing hub, and should same result in the negative, such persons shall on the 8^th day be free to end their quarantine period.

These revised rules shall only apply to individuals who are in possession of a vaccine certificate and shall therefore not apply to partly vaccinated individuals. These rules shall also not apply to COVID positive individuals, individuals living in the same household as a COVID positive case, individuals residing in institutions such as old people’s homes, and travellers coming into the Maltese islands.

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