MH: Negative PCR test does not cancel quarantine – Diseases

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health has taken steps to limit the spread of the disease by implementing recommendations and guidelines from the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said the Ministry of Health in a letter to the media.

The main measure against COVID-19 is to isolate the contact persons of a confirmed case and place them in mandatory quarantine.

The purpose of the quarantine is to reduce the likelihood of subsequent transmission and secondary spread of the new coronavirus. The reason is that during the quarantine period, the person may develop clinical symptoms or be a virus carrier, thus becoming a source of infection for other people.

Towards the end of the quarantine period, this probability decreases significantly. According to the current Order of the Minister of Health, each identified close contact person is placed in quarantine for 10 days, from the last contact with a proven case of COVID-19.

Did RHI violate the law by revoking the quarantine of Borisov, who turned out to be infected with COVID-19?

If no COVID-19 symptoms appear at the end of the specified period, the quarantine will be terminated.

The Ministry of Health indicates that the negative laboratory result of a PCR test takes into account only the current state of the person and is not a reason to terminate the quarantine and / or reduce its duration.