The people who are close contact of positive coronavirus cases, that they are asymptomatic and have your complete vaccination schedule with the reinforcement applied less than 4 months ago, they can be excepted from isolation, while those not vaccinated must strictly comply with confinement, as resolved by the Federal Health Council (Cofesa) in a meeting held this Tuesday.
At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Health, Carla vizzotti, indicated that people with a complete primary scheme less than 4 months ago and those who had Covid-19 in the last 90 days may “have more flexibility in insulation, in case of being in close contact and not having symptoms of the disease, and a test will be recommended between the third and fifth day to define their condition.
“Everything that we have been recommending has a sanitary look and the first thing that is evaluated is the effect of the vaccine and the decreased risk“stressed the head of the health portfolio in statements to Radio Con Vos.
In addition, he stressed that based on the consensus reached at the Cofesa meeting each province will decide the measures to apply in your district according to the epidemiological situation.
In fact Cordova announced that it was modifiedIt will establish the isolation protocol for close contacts in relation to the work tasks that they must perform, and they should not be confined if they have a complete vaccination scheme, a modality that will govern from next Monday, January 17.
In this context, Vizzotti argued that these new recommendations were agreed upon by virtue of the “Very important impact” that the rise in infections due to the circulation of the Omicron and Delta variants is having “in health personnel, essential services and also in the private sector.”
However, the minister asserted that “unvaccinated people have to do the isolation as usual, (because) they are people who are at risk of getting sick and at high risk of transmitting it “to the virus.
“Without symptoms it is not necessary to be tested either during isolation or for discharge”Carla vizzotti
For the rest, that is, those who are exempted from isolation and those who can make confinement more flexible according to the decision of the health authorities of each jurisdiction, Vizzotti emphasized that they will be recommended “minimize social activities, mass events and contact with people at risk“.
The minister and her peers from the sanitary portfolios of all the provinces met to analyze the epidemiological situation and decide on new isolation measures to minimize the impact that the lack of close contact personnel of positive cases was having on various economic sectors and essential care.
“No symptoms do not need to be tested either during isolation or for discharge. We have to prioritize testing for those who have symptoms and do not have close contact and those who have a risk condition or change their behavior (of their health status), “the minister recalled.
Vizzotti had planned to meet with his counterparts from Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens, and from Education, Jaime Perczyk, to continue analyzing the care and capacity measures that will be taken for the sporting events that are expected during the summer season and face upon returning to classrooms at the beginning of the school year.
