Health Department, alerting a frequent error. In case someone has been in close contact with a person tested positive for COVID-19, he is obliged to isolate himself and be able to be tested after eight days. It must be applied to the test using the registration form, you can use antigen testing for contact with symptoms without symptoms during RT-PCR testing.
Due to the pandemic situation, there are increasing cases of people tested positive for COVID-19. This naturally increases the number of people who have been in contact with them. Persons from close contact should be immediately isolated after notification. If you are identified as a close contact with a positive person on COVID-19 immediately you will remain in home isolation and at the earliest 8th day of contact you will sign up for testing, on the site https://korona.gov.sk/poziadat-o-sestrie-na-coid-19. When completing the form, it should be stated that you have been in contact with the positive test person or symptoms of the disease if you have experienced them.
Mandatory quarantine starts from the moment a person becomes aware that she was in close contact with someone positive for the disease. The measure aims to prevent further spread of the disease.For people without quarantine symptoms, it takes 14 days, even if they undergo testing with negative results. In the event that a person experiences any of the clinical signs of the disease, within 14 days of last contact with a disease-positive person, the general physician shall decide whether quarantine should be terminated. Even milder health complications should be consulted with your doctor to avoid worsening the patient's condition.
As close contact you can consider:
- persons with whom you have spent a long time in one household, in the workplace, in the conference room and the like
- the person with whom you were face-to-face (less than a meter) near which you coughed and sneezed or with which you had physical skin contact
- persons with whom you have spent more than 15 minutes within two metres
- persons travelling with you in a car or sitting within two seats in another vehicle.