Self-tests for the detection of covid-19which are already used in several countries, were authorized by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. So, with the endorsement of Invima, Colombians will be able to buy these tests freely in pharmacies or drugstores.
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Thus, the health portfolio issued the guidelines that will regulate the use of these tests. First of all, he recommended citizens to use this detection method when they have symptoms related to covid-19 or have had close contact with a person with a positive diagnosis.
“They can be used to make decisions before meeting in closed spaces, participating in crowds or before having contact with people at risk of getting seriously ill: older adults, immunosuppressed people, those who are not vaccinated, who have an incomplete schedule or with children who do not They have a vaccination schedule,” he said.
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In this sense, due to the novelty of these self-tests, the Ministry of Health explains that they should be used, in case of symptoms, from the first to the seventh day of their appearance. If it is a risk exposure, it is recommended to do it two to five days after close contact.
Although the objective of this diagnostic method is to contribute to the detection of cases when the health system is saturated in the sending and results of PCR tests, the Ministry of Health warned that the performance of this type of test “is significantly lower in asymptomatic people, and in the face of a negative result, one cannot be certain or totally confident that they are not infected.”
So it recommends continuing with basic biosecurity measures such as ventilation and the use of face masks in contacts with people at risk.
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Given this concern, the Ministry of Health guidelines clarified that the results of self-administered antigen tests “have no occupational value to apply for disability or certificate of isolation or request for the payment of the Temporary Economic Compensation for the subsidized regime”.
The only way to validate this result is for the person who tested positive to undergo a medical assessment to receive disability.
In addition to this, Leonardo Arregocés, director of Medicines and Technologies in Health of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, advised people isolate for seven days if your result was positive.
On the other hand, unions such as Fenalco celebrated this decision of the Government. “Finally, the Ministry of Health announced the possibility of such marketing, which will allow the use and free trade of these products, which will not only facilitate the rapid confirmation or ruling out of covid-19 cases, but will also contribute importantly in the family economy due to its low cost”, added Jaime Alberto Cabal, president of the union.
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