Dr. Deena Hinshaw delivers her daily COVID-19 update on March 23

By Troy Gillard

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Alberta updates self-isolation guidelines

Mar 24, 2020 | 6:42 AM

Alberta has updated its COVID-19 self-isolation guidelines for those who are sick from 14 days to 10 days following the onset of symptoms.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, explained the reasoning for the move during her daily update on Monday.

“The most-up-to-date medical evidence now indicates that if you are feeling well after 10 days from the onset of symptoms, you will be able to stop self-isolating, provided your symptoms have resolved,” Hinshaw said. “If symptoms continue past 10 days, self-isolation should as well.”

Hinshaw noted that the 10-day timeline is for those who are sick. For those who are well and have had an exposure of concern, such as travellers returning from out of Canada or close contacts of a confirmed case, Hinshaw says they will still need to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return or after last exposure as a precaution.

“Should they start to experience symptoms, they must also follow the same 10-day guidance,” she pointed out. “This means that if a person returned from abroad and experienced symptoms after 7 days, they will be required to self-isolate for 10 days from the start of symptoms. In this example, that would extend their self-isolation to 17 days.”

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