Clarifications in regards to the new measures to comprise Covid-19

(a) The re-opening of faculties after the Christmas holidays on 10 January and upon the coed’s return, all individuals with out exception, college students, lecturers and different employees should current a damaging 48-hour fast antigen check.

• The choice consists of all individuals with out exception, no matter vaccination historical past, in addition to the individuals holding a certificates of restoration from COVID-19.

• The examine for this particular day can be carried out by presenting the Fast check lead to printed type or in a textual content message.

(b) As of twenty-two December 2021, all working folks, who’ve accomplished their COVID-19 vaccination scheme with the 2 doses for the two-dose vaccines and with one dose for the single-dose vaccine, or those that maintain a certificates of restoration (180-day period) are required to current a damaging fast antigen check with a period of seven days with the intention to enter their office.

• It’s pressured that staff have 7 days to endure a fast antigen check.

• Every organisation, firm, enterprise, might set a selected day on which the workers can be checked for his or her weekly fast check.

• People who’ve acquired the booster/3^rd dose of the vaccine are excluded.

• For vaccinated people or for many who have been in poor health with COVID-19, the fast check can be freed from cost, in addition to for many who have acquired a minimum of one dose of the vaccine and the interval required for the administration of the two^nd dose has not elapsed.

• It’s clarified that if a transmission chain is recorded in a office, all employees can be topic to a check with out exception.

• Checks by the competent providers will begin on 29 December.

(c) As of twenty-two December 2021, earlier than visiting different homes for the Christmas festivities, it is strongly recommended that every one residents perform a fast antigen check with a damaging consequence. People who’ve acquired a minimum of two doses of the vaccine might perform a self-test, whereas for people who haven’t acquired any dose of the vaccine, or a minimum of one dose of the vaccine it is strongly recommended that they perform a 48-hour fast antigen check.

• For individuals who have acquired the booster/3^rd dose of the vaccine it is usually advisable to hold out a self-test.

• In case of a constructive consequence by means of the self-test, residents ought to contact their Private Physician to refer them for a PCR check at a Public Well being Centre within the district of their residence.

• Residents who usually are not beneficiaries of the GHS, in case of a constructive consequence by means of the self-test, should contact the Coordination of Public Well being Clinics through e mail: [email protected] by sending their identification particulars (title, surname, phone quantity, ID quantity, date of beginning and district), in addition to a photograph of their constructive self-test.

• Itis reminded that the presence of a most of 20 folks is allowed in homes, together with everlasting residents and minors.

(d) the discount of the time interval of the COVID-19 illness certificates from 6 months (180 days) to three months (90 days) with impact from 31 January 2022.

• A related announcement can be made within the coming days.

(e) from 22 December 2021 till 6 January 2022, in view of the Christmas holidays, kids aged 12-17, who haven’t acquired any dose of the vaccine, will be capable of enter catering institutions (together with catering areas in procuring centres and inns), theatres, amphitheatres, cinemas, efficiency areas, closed and outside stadiums, weddings and christenings upon presentation of a damaging 72-hour fast check, offered that they’re accompanied by a father or mother/guardian who has accomplished his/her vaccination scheme (two doses for the two-dose vaccines and one dose for the single-dose vaccines).

• It’s clarified that kids aged 12-17, who’re accompanied by dad and mom who’ve accomplished their vaccination scheme however a interval of seven months has elapsed and so they haven’t acquired a booster/3^rd dose of the vaccine, will be capable of enter the above-mentioned areas with a laboratory check.

• It’s reminded that the Secure Move demonstration is required in areas the place, primarily based on the capability, greater than 10 individuals can assemble, together with staff.

• Kids aged 6-11 yearsare excluded, offered that they maintain a Secure Move (damaging fast check with a period of seven days), whereas for youngsters underneath 6 years there is no such thing as a restriction of age.

• People who’ve accomplished their vaccination scheme are exempt from the requirement to carry a damaging PCR or fast antigen check.

• People who’ve acquired the booster/3^rd dose of the vaccine are exempt from the requirement to carry a damaging PCR or fast antigen check.

• People who’ve been in poor health with COVID-19 throughout the final 6 months are exempt from the requirement to carry a damaging PCR or fast antigen check.

• In all different areas not talked about above, the present provisions of the Decree proceed to use.

(f)  for guests and staff in day-care services for susceptible teams and day centres housed in the identical premises with senior folks’s houses and different closed care and lodging buildings for the aged and for susceptible teams, the identical measures in drive for senior folks’s houses and closed buildings apply, following the directions of the Ministry of Well being and the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare.

• For people aged 6 to 11 years, the demonstration of a damaging check with the sampling having taken place inside 7 days or a certificates of restoration from COVID-19 is required, and for people aged 12 years and over, a 72-hour damaging check, or a certificates of full vaccination, or a 180-day certificates of restoration from COVID-19 is required.