The isolation period can be shortened:
- for persons who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 for up to 10 days when the PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 is performed not earlier than on the 7th day of the self-isolation and the negative result is obtained if the person does not develop symptoms of acute upper respiratory tract infection (sudden onset of at least one of the following symptoms: fever, cough, difficulty breathing); Self-isolation shall be terminated not from the date of receipt of the negative test, but after at least 10 days of self-isolation.
- for persons who have returned from abroad when the PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 is performed not earlier than on the 7th day of the self-isolation and the negative result is obtained if the person does not develop symptoms of an acute upper respiratory infection (sudden onset of at least one of the following symptoms: fever, cough, difficulty breathing). Self-isolation shall be terminated after receipt of negative test taken not earlier than on the 7th day of the self-isolation.
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for persons, who self-isolate because the required 14 days after vaccination have not elapsed on the day of their arrival in Lithuania. They may have their self-isolation period reduced once 14-day period has passed following the vaccine dose, provided they were vaccinated with:
- the second dose of the vaccine under the two-dose vaccination schedule;
- one dose under the single-dose vaccination schedule;
- at least one dose administered to those with the past COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) confirmed by a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result. - Serological antibody test result is not accepted. Antigen test is also inappropriate in this case.
