Quarantine reduced to 5 days for the unvaccinated and for those who have not completed the vaccination course against covid in case of close contact with a positive person. This is foreseen by a circular from the Ministry of Health, which updates the quarantine and self-surveillance measures for close and high-risk contacts of cases of infection. “Without prejudice to the provision ofself-monitoring for those who received the booster dose or who completed the primary vaccination course within 120 days, who are healed within 120 days or who are healed after completing the primary cycle – reads the circular signed by the Director of Health Prevention of the Ministry of Health, Gianni Rezza – for all other cases the quarantine for close contact is equal to 5 days with negative antigen or molecular test on exit “.
In detail, for “the contacts of asymptomatic subjects who were not vaccinated or who did not complete the primary vaccination course (ie they received only one vaccine dose of the two scheduled) or who completed the primary vaccination course for less than 14 days; asymptomatic subjects who have completed the primary vaccination course or have recovered from a previous SarS-CoV-2 infection for more than 120 days without having received the booster dose, the quarantine measure lasting 5 days from the last contact with the positive case, the termination of which is conditional on the negative outcome of a rapid or molecular antigen test performed at the end of this period. If during the quarantine period – the document reads – symptoms suggestive of possible Sars-Cov infection occur 2, the immediate execution of a diagnostic test is recommended. It is also mandatory to wear the Ffp2 protective devices for the 5 days following the end of the l precautionary quarantine period “.
“For asymptomatic close contacts who received the booster dose, or completed the primary vaccination course within the previous 120 days, or recovered from SarS-CoV-2 infection within the preceding 120 days, or recovered after completion of the primary course There is no quarantine and the 5-day self-monitoring measure is applied. A rapid or molecular antigen test is required to detect Sars-Cov-2 at the first appearance of symptoms and, if still symptomatic, on the fifth day following the date of the last close contact with subjects confirmed positive for Covid 19. It is mandatory to wear respiratory protection devices of type Ffp2 for at least 10 days from the last exposure to the case “, concludes the circular.
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