ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government announced on Wednesday that it plans to lift the compulsory isolation for those who have been in contact with people who are positive for the coronavirus but have previously been vaccinated against COVID-19 or handed over of disease.
The Rome move comes after health experts called for a review of government measures over fears that the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus could paralyze the country, forcing millions of people into self-isolation.
People who have been vaccinated – second dose or booster dose – or who have recovered from COVID-19 within 120 days will no longer be necessary to self-isolate in the event of contact with someone infected with the coronavirus, the report said. government in a communiqu. A negative test should be presented five days after contact.
For those whose vaccine or cure goes back more than 120 days before contact with a person carrying the virus, the period of isolation is shortened, five days against seven days until then.
The isolation period remains 10 days for non-vaccinated people as long as they are in contact.
A special commission on COVID-19 must be consulted before the formal entry into force of the new regulations, the government said.
(Report Angelo Amante; French version Jean Terzian)