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Following the introduction of mandatory employee testing in the Communicable Diseases Act, the Government approved lists of areas where employees should be inspected once before starting operations, and another list of areas where employees should be inspected once every 7 days. 10 days.
The list of activities for which workers should be tested for coronavirus before starting or resuming their activities includes those that work in the cultural and artistic sectors, physical activity and high performance sports, catering, retail, activities of leisure and entertainment, such as bathrooms, swimming pools, nightclubs, bars, cinemas and other places of entertainment, people who work in the beauty services and accommodation sectors.
As Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys said at the meeting, this is related to activities that were prohibited or restricted during the quarantine, “thus ensuring a safer release and organization of separate areas of activity.”
Sectors that have already resumed operations in the past or whose activities were not restricted during the quarantine will not need to be inspected after this decision.
Doctors, teachers and social workers will periodically check
Periodically control the disease of people who work in personal health institutions, as well as people who provide cleaning services, food supply or other services in them, who provide practical training in said institutions.
This should also be done by people who provide social services in the beneficiary’s home or facilities and by cleaning, food, and other service providers at those facilities.
All persons providing educational services, including those working in educational institutions, self-employed teachers or educators working elsewhere, should also be regularly inspected. All pharmacy personnel should also be checked periodically.
“For these groups, regular screening tests will help prevent possible coronavirus outbreaks, in addition to helping us detect infections early, especially those with an asymptomatic form,” said the Minister of Health.
He also said that close contacts are unavoidable in activities in these areas, so the risk of infection is higher.
The employer shall compile lists of employees and inform them of the inspections. This procedure is valid until a quarantine or emergency is imposed in the country.
Patients who are sick or vaccinated will not be required to be tested if they provide supporting documents.
The possibility of providing for mandatory tests and compensation for it was introduced this week by modifying the amendments to the Communicable Diseases Law.
An employee who refuses to verify or fails to do so for very important reasons, depending on the nature of the job, would be assigned to work remotely or transferred to another job at the same workplace.
If such opportunities are not available, you will be suspended without pay until the day you are tested for a contagious disease.
The amendments also stipulate that when an outbreak of a disease is detected in the workplace, workers can only work after they have been screened for the disease. The National Center for Public Health will determine the list of personnel to be examined.
It is also provided that additional medical examinations of employees due to contagious disease can be financed from the state budget in accordance with the procedure established by the Government.
