Mandatory self-isolation

When arriving from a country posing a high risk of coronavirus, you must register online by filling-in the form.

If you received a text message with a positive COVID-19 test result, you must self-isolate (mandatory home quarantine).

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You may not stop self-isolating earlier than after 10 days from taking the test, or 10 days from when you developed COVID-19 symptoms. 

If you received an SMS with a positive result:

  1. contact your general practitioner, tell them you tested positive for COVID-19 and request the issuance of a sick leave;
  2. contact all persons with whom you were in close contact in recent 14 days wearing no facial covering, and instruct them to stay home and self-isolate;
  3. make a list of the persons with whom you were in a close contact (first name, family name and telephone number for each person) and e-mail the list to the relevant Regional Public Health Office;   
  4. wait for further instruction from the relevant Regional Public Health Office. Due to an overload of work, this may take several days.

If you were contacted by an infected person with whom you were in close contact:

  1. stay in self-isolation;
  2. contact your general practitioner who may refer you to a COVID-19 test and issue a sick leave;
  3. if you develop COVID-19 symptoms, ask for an examination;
  4. wait for the instruction from the relevant Regional Public Health Office.

What is casual contact?

Casual contact is defined as:

  • spending less than 15 minutes within 2 metres or less of someone who has COVID-19; or
  • spending less than 15 minutes with someone who has COVID-19 in an enclosed space (e.g. household, classroom, meeting room, hospital waiting room, etc.); or
  • travelling with a person who has COVID-19 in any means of transport (except for an airplane);
  • for healthcare professionals or other persons, caring for COVID-19 patient, and for staff in a laboratory working with COVID-19 samples if they use recommended PPEs.

What is close contact?

Close contact is defined as:

  • personal contact with someone who has COVID-19 within less than 2 metres for longer than 15 minutes; or
  • physical contact with someone who has COVID-19; or
  • unprotected direct contact with someone who has COVID-19 in an enclosed space (e.g. household, classroom, hospital waiting room, etc.) for longer than 15 minutes; or
  • sitting within 2 seats in an airplane (in any direction) of a person with COVID-19; or
  • caring for and serving in a section of an airplane where a passenger with COVID-19 was seated.

For specific groups of persons, close contact may also be defined as:

  • caring for a COVID-19 patient and serving in a section of an airplane where a passenger with COVID-19 was seated;
  • in the case of healthcare professionals or any other persons caring for a COVID-19 patient or staff in laboratories handling COVID-19 samples, when not using recommended PPEs or not respecting recommendations relating to PPEs.

Recommendations to persons who tested COVID−19 positive

When you receive a text message with a positive test result:

  • monitor your health condition and contact your general practitioner if your symptoms get worse;
  • refrain from any social contacts (e.g. meeting people or engaging in social activities in place of your self-isolation);  
  • refrain from participating in educational activities, except for in e-learning;
  • refrain from going to work except for teleworking from the place of your self-isolation;
  • refrain from any activities that require leaving the place of your self-isolation.

Recommendations to persons who had close contact with someone who has COVID−19

If you were in close contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19:

  • monitor your health condition – if you develop any symptoms (high temperature, cough, shortness of breath, loss of sense of smell or taste) immediately contact your general practitioner and a relevant Regional Public Health Office or ask for examination,
  • refrain from any social contacts (e.g. meeting people or engaging in social activities in the place of your self-isolation);  
  • refrain from participating in educational activities, except for in e-learning;
  • refrain from going to work with the exception of teleworking from the place of your self-isolation;
  • refrain from any activities that require leaving the place of your self-isolation.