New year, new advice from the AHPPC – for the uninitiated, that’s the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee. Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer and made up of the state/territory chief health officers, its focus is on managing health emergencies. So yeah, it’s been convening a bit… It was asked by the Federal Government to provide advice on which workers could be exempt from isolating if they’re a close contact – and the list is long. Currently, close contacts who work in emergency services and food distribution can leave isolation to go to work, provided they don’t have symptoms and have a negative rapid test. Reports say the logistics sector has 30-50% of its workforce in isolation ATM… This is going to be discussed at National Cabinet today.