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The proposal on new testing requirements comes as Queensland promised to relax rules for interstate travellers with domestic arrivals needing only a negative antigen rapid test (ART) result to gain entry from Jan 1 rather than the PCR test. Close contacts would have to isolate for seven days.Ī growing number of countries, including the United States and Britain, have shortened the recommended isolation time for asymptomatic cases. The proposed rules would rely more on rapid antigen tests, redefine close contacts of confirmed cases to those who live in the same household, and only require PCR tests for people with symptoms. Morrison's plan would prioritise clinically urgent cases, in a bid to cut long lines at test sites and waits for lab results, which can currently take three to four days. "We just can't have everybody just being taken out of circulation because they just happen to be at a particular place at a particular time," Morrison said during a media briefing. He called a snap meeting of the national Cabinet on Thursday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday (Dec 29) Australia needed "a gear change" to manage testing requirements, redefine who qualifies as a close contact and the furlough of virus-exposed workers. Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites as infections surged and the country's most populous state reported a near doubling in daily cases.