Epidemiologist warns it’s too soon to relax close contact rules
Professor Nancy Baxter says state health departments should wait until SARS-CoV-2's transmission is lower
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A leading epidemiologist says the Omicron wave may be prolonged because most states eased close contact isolation rules a month too early.
University of Melbourne epidemiologist and surgeon, Professor Nancy Baxter says state health departments should have waited until the viral transmission was lower before removing close contact requirements.