Those who have been treated for COVID for more than a week will be discharged without negative tests

Those with covid will not need to do a second test for discharge if the treatment lasted seven or more days, Rospotrebnadzor said.The rule comes into force on February 6

Rospotrebnadzor allowed the discharge of those who had recovered from covid-19 without a negative test for CORONAVIRUS if the patient's treatment lasted a week or longer, the agency said in a decree.

“The discharge of patients for employment (training), admission to organized teams after treatment (both inpatient and outpatient settings) and recovery are carried out without a laboratory examination for COVID-19 if the treatment time is 7 or more days”, — said in the document.

A negative test will be necessary if the duration of treatment is shorter. The patient will be discharged if the result is received no earlier than three days after a positive test.

The new rules come into effect on Sunday, February 6th.

RUSSIA canceled quarantine for those who had contact with patients with COVID-19 Society

According to the capital's operational headquarters, in Moscow, those who have recovered from the coronavirus will be able to stop the self-isolation regime after a week from the date of confirmation of the diagnosis, if they have no symptoms. The new rule applies to those who became infected after February 6.

Those who fell ill earlier need to spend 14 days in quarantine, the headquarters stressed. During this period, the polyclinic DOCTOR will contact the patients and remotely close or extend the sick leave if they have symptoms.

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On the eve of the capital's clinics, RBC was told that in Moscow, patients with COVID-19 stopped taking a second test for coronavirus after recovery. According to one of the doctors, the QR-code of the ill person in this case is generated automatically on the public services website. The Ministry of Digital Development clarified that a certificate with a code appears in the user's personal account after receiving data from the register of the Ministry of HEALTH.

In January, the authorities decided to reduce the quarantine period after contact with a patient with coronavirus from two weeks to seven days, now Rospotrebnadzor has canceled it altogether. The HEAD of the department, Anna Popova, said that in the conditions of the spread of "omicron" it loses its meaning.

In Russia, since the end of January, daily records have been recorded for the number of people infected with COVID-19. On February 5, the headquarters reported 177 thousand cases, which was another maximum.