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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lynda2475" data-source="post: 2317670" data-attributes="member: 19591">More restrictions about to ease given the stable case numbers and decreasing pressures on the hospital systems.Of note:"From Monday isolation requirements will cease for close contacts of positive cases at school sites.    Students who are close contacts will be required to have a PCR test as soon as possible after being notified of any exposure.  They will be able to return to school immediately after returning a negative result, however they must provide negative rapid antigen home test results for the next seven consecutive days."[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-prepares-to-end-mask-wearing-qr-codes-and-jab-certificates-in-certain-settings-20211125-p59c7y.html[/URL]"Since the start of November about one third of new cases have been in children aged 11 and under, who are too young to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.""Eighty people inside a Byron backpackers hostel were placed in a seven-day lockdown on Thursday after an unvaccinated staff member tested positive.  Police said the COVID-positive person was working at the Aquarius Backpackers and had recently been in Victoria. No further cases have been identified."</blockquote>