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Patients and their caregivers can be exempted from the COVID-19 PCR test if:
– have a history of COVID-19 disease, have no coronavirus-like symptoms, and no more than 180 days have elapsed since a positive PCR test;
– have a history of COVID-19 (confirmed by PCR or antigen test) and have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine at least 14 days after vaccination;
– have been vaccinated according to the complete vaccination schedule with one of the COVID-19 vaccines and have been vaccinated for at least 14 days.
Until now, this procedure has been applied to patients undergoing inpatient medical rehabilitation and psychosocial rehabilitation services.
It is important to note that the head of each individual’s health institution has the right to establish stricter procedures in a particular institution, as he or she is responsible for the organization of that institution and infection control, approach management, and provision safe, taking into account the individual risk of each person or group of patients. or infected with COVID-19 disease.
Therefore, before going to the above services, we recommend that you find out in advance what the procedure is for sending the exam to that person’s health care institution.
Legislation governing the new procedure can be found here.
We remind you that there are currently 4 COVID-19 vaccines approved in Lithuania: COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen (manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV), which requires only 1 dose of the vaccine, and Comirnaty (manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech) ”). , “Spikevax” (manufactured by Moderna) or Vaxzevria (manufactured by AstraZeneca) when 2 doses of vaccine are required for optimal immunity.
You can register your COVID-19 vaccine on the website www.koronastop.lt or tel. 1808. We also invite you to take advantage of the opportunity to get vaccinated without prior registration; this can be done every Thursday in all vaccination centers in Lithuania.
