Fully vaccinated in Sask. don’t have to self-isolate after close contact with COVID case
Consider it a perk of becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The provincial government announced during a news conference Tuesday that anyone in Saskatchewan who has had both of their COVID-19 doses, and has safely passed the two-week mark afterwards, doesn’t have to quarantine if they’re identified as a close contact of someone who comes down with the virus.
“Being required to self-isolate — and I understand — has been a tremendous hardship for many in this province,” said Premier Scott Moe, who had to quarantine in November after being identified as a close contact.
Calling it a “pretty significant” benefit of getting vaccinated, Moe said as the province moves forward, he is also hoping the federal government enacts similar rules for travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. or overseas.