(1) Subject to these Regulations, sickness benefit is payable to an insured person who is rendered temporarily incapable of work as a result of being infected or placed in quarantine or isolation for COVID-19, and for this purpose —
(a) an insured person is treated as incapable of work for any day during which he or she is required to abstain from work for any day during which —
(i) he or she is placed in isolation due to the fact that he or she is manifesting signs and symptoms of COVID-19 for a period not exceeding 14 days,
(ii) he or she is placed in quarantine by reason of having been exposed to COVID-19 through direct or indirect contact for a period not exceeding 14 days,
(iii) he or she is diagnosed with COVID-19;
(b) one day in each week as may be determined by the Director in any particular case or class of cases is not treated as a day of incapacity for work and must be disregarded in computing any period of consecutive days.
(2) An insured person who receives full pay from his or her employer during a period of incapacity for work is not entitled to receive a sickness benefit.