The Saskatchewan Government announced updates to COVID-19 testing and isolation guidelines in a news conference held on December 30, 2021.

The following changes to the mandatory isolation and face covering public health order are effective immediately:

• A positive COVID-19 test now includes a positive result on a self-administered rapid antigen test, even if a later PCR test is negative. Asymptomatic people who test positive for COVID-19 on a rapid antigen test are no longer recommended to get a PCR test to confirm, but instead should assume they have COVID-19 and self-isolate.
• Asymptomatic, fully vaccinated people who test positive for COVID-19 on either a rapid antigen test or PCR test must self-isolate for five days instead of 10 days.
• A fully vaccinated person who tests positive for COVID-19 and develops a fever must self-isolate until 24 hours after the fever has subsided.

Other self-isolation requirements will remain unchanged. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people must continue to self-isolate for 10 days from the date of a positive test or 48 hours after symptoms have ended, whichever is later. Close contacts must continue to self-isolate for 14 days from the day of last exposure, unless they are fully vaccinated and do not have symptoms. Symptoms of COVID-19 include cold and flu-like symptoms.

Free rapid antigen tests are currently available to individuals throughout the province. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees may receive free rapid antigen...

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