Mandatory quarantine

(1) A person who tests positive for COVID-19 after being administered a PCR test, rapid test or other test for SARS-CoV2 or who develops flu-like symptoms and who reasonably suspects he is infected with SARS-CoV2 or that he may have had contact with someone who has travelled to or from a country affected by COVID-1939 (a) shall immediately inform the Ministry responsible for health; and (b) at the person’s own expense, shall be put into immediate mandatory quarantine at the direction of, and for a period of time as directed by, the Quarantine Authority and in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry responsible for health. (2) Where a person kept under quarantine at a quarantine facility develops flu-like symptoms, the Quarantine Authority shall direct that the person be put into immediate isolation at a designated hospital or other isolation centre. (3) A person who tests positive for COVID-19 may be discharged and declared recovered only by a health professional acting in accordance with the standardized protocols of the Ministry responsible for health.