BY DAKOTA TAIT
Isolation requirements for household contacts of COVID cases, are out the door for the Hunter and New South Wales.
The NSW Premier made the announcement this morning.
Unless they have symptoms, close contacts won't need to spend seven days at home, though they will need to do daily RAT tests, wear a mask indoors, and avoid high-risk settings and elderly and immunocompromised people.
The changes are in force from 6pm on Friday.
Green transport stickers, most health mandates for businesses, and hotel quarantine are also being scrapped, though mandatory vaccination for workers will remain in some settings.
Premier Dominic Perrottet says it's not the end of the pandemic, but an important step forward.
