The decision by National Cabinet to remove mandatory isolation for people testing positive to COVID-19 is seen by many as an "official" end to the pandemic.

The period had already been reduced from two weeks to one week to 5 days, but soon it'll be gone entirely.

It's one of the final public health controls that remained to try and slow the spread of the virus, and some experts say it'll lead to problems down the road.

So for how long should we treat COVID differently?