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Instructions for conducting Covid-19 tests in new context are now in use

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On May 10, 2021, the Ministry of Health issues the Official Dispatch No. 3848/BYT-DP regarding implementation of SAR-CoV-2 tests in the new context.

According to this document, based on epidemic developments at localities, Departments of Health instructs healthcare establishments and other units within their remit to, of their own accord, conduct Covid-19 rapid antigen tests for the followings:

- Healthcare workers, caregivers and staff (no clinical signs of suspected COVID-19) on duty at quarantine facilities with quarantined people;

- Patients taking inpatient treatment services, people taking medical visits at hospitals, medical facilities (no clinical signs of suspected COVID-19);

- Persons subject to home isolation (F2);

- People living within outbreaks that have been quarantined;

- Persons working in the essential sectors (no clinical signs of suspected COVID-19), frequently in contact with the community within outbreaks that has already been isolated;

- People working in the service sector, often in contact with the community (staff of bars, discotheques, karaoke lounges, hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, drivers, ...);

- Officers and people on duty at border gates and borders, and often in contact with persons at risk;

- People working in industrial zones, units, businesses, corporations, etc.

- Other high-risk groups as guided by the Department of Health.

For more details, please read the Official Dispatch No. 3848/BYT-DP dated May 10, 2021.

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