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.
- Serological antibody test result is not accepted. Antigen test is also inappropriate in this case.
