Faced with the new wave of the Omicron variant which is exploding the number of Covid-19 contaminations, more and more governments around the world are forced to lighten the rules for the isolation of patients and their relatives to avoid economic paralysis .
The extreme contagiousness of Omicron – and its impressive procession of work stoppages and quarantines – weighs heavily on the organization of the company, even if the acceleration of contaminations is not accompanied, for the time being. , an increase in deaths.
To preserve socio-economic life, France – where more than a million cases have been detected in the last seven days – announced this Sunday the relaxation of the rules for the isolation of infected people and their contacts from Monday, joining thus the growing list of countries reducing quarantine times.
You are fully vaccinated and tested positive: 7 days of isolation
If you are positive and fully vaccinated, you will need to self-isolate for seven days, instead of ten, regardless of the Omicron or Delta variant.
This isolation can be lifted after five days in the event of a negative antigen or PCR test.
You are fully vaccinated and in case of contact: no isolation
There will be no more quarantine if you are in contact and have a complete vaccination schedule.
However, you will have to strictly respect the barrier gestures and “do regular tests”, explained the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, in an interview with the Sunday newspaper. Thus, it will be necessary to do a first test, PCR or antigen, “the day you learn that you are in contact”, then a self-test on the second day and then on the fourth.
You do not have a complete vaccination schedule and you have tested positive
You are tested positive and you are not fully vaccinated, you will have to isolate yourself for ten days, with a possible exit after seven days in the event of an antigen test or negative PCR.
You do not have a complete vaccination schedule and you are in contact
If you are in contact and you are not vaccinated or if you have not made your booster on time, you will have to isolate yourself for seven days. At the end of this period, in order to be able to come out of isolation, you will have to present a negative test.
The previous rules therefore no longer apply
Until now, in France, positive people had to isolate themselves for ten days, and contact cases of a person having contracted the Omicron variant had to isolate themselves for at least 7 days. The duration of isolation could also reach 17 days, whatever the variant, when sharing the home of a positive person.