Germany says boostered people need no COVID quarantine after contact

FILE PHOTO: The dean of the Cologne Cathedral, Guido Assmann, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event in the Cologne Cathedral on Christmas Eve amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Cologne, Germany, December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will exempt people who have received a booster shot against COVID-19 from quarantine requirements after contact with an infected person, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday.

Those who have not received a booster shot can test out of quarantine after seven days under new rules Scholz and regional leaders agreed on Friday, he said.

Also, children will be able to go back to school from quarantine if they test negative after five days, he told a news conference.

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