The rules for doctors and nurses have also changed, they can go back to work after a negative rapid test.

On November 7, a new procedure in the health field came into force, the details of the new protocol were provided by Telex. According to a document in possession of the portal

a a coronavirus patient can be discharged if they have recovered (asymptomatic) or had a fever for at least 3 days, their respiratory symptoms have resolved or are clearly improving, and the X-ray picture shows clear or no pneumonia improvement abnormal abnormality. If repatriation occurs within 10 days of symptom onset, the patient must remain in home quarantine until day 10. A patient who tests negative on a rapid antigen test may also be discharged.

Anyone returning to a social home must also meet the clinical conditions for dismissal and need a negative rapid test.

A a healthcare professional infected with coronavirus may return to work if they are clinically cured or have an asymptomatic Covid-19 infection and a negative rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test result. Sampling should not be done before day 7 after the onset of clinical symptoms.

The rule remains that if there are no test results, the healthcare worker can return to work 21 days after the onset of symptoms or detection of infection.

the portal cited the new protocol.

The updated procedure has not yet been published on the website of the National Center for Public Health, but according to the document, hospitals have already received it. The new protocol was issued by the National Chief Medical Officer and endorsed by the Minister of Human Resources Miklós Kásler.

Under the procedure in effect before November 7, patients infected with the coronavirus could leave the hospital if two PCR tests performed within 48 hours confirmed that they were no longer infected. If they wanted to go home before doing the two tests, they had to go to the home quarantine. There were also other regulations for healthcare workers, they could only return to work if they had 2 negative PCR tests, if no test was taken, they could only return to work after 21 days, compared to non-workers. health that they only had 10 days in quarantine.


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The public health center would switch to other types of coronavirus tests


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The National Center for Public Health (NNK) is investigating which antigen-based test gives a similar result to PCR, and if there is one that does, it will be used.

Epidemiological data were not provided to the HCLU by the Public Health Center


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The NNK refused to transmit the data because it was not in the requested breakdown.