Changes come into effect from February 7 in relation to vaccination certificates, while the situation will be similar for certificates of a disease.
Due to bad weather that hit the country, a small extension of the validity of the vaccination certificate will be made. According to Minister of Health Thanos Pleuris, due to the fact that many of our fellow citizens who signed up for vaccinations could not get vaccinated due to bad weather, the validity of the certificate has been extended from January 31 to February 7. This means that individuals who have completed the vaccination and 7 months have passed by February 7 must receive the third dose, otherwise they are considered unvaccinated.
As for the certificate of illness
As a reminder, the method of issuing a certificate of illness has recently changed:
those who have been vaccinated must have a positive rapid test (rapid test) to issue a certificate of illness, those who have not been vaccinated must have a positive molecular test (PCR test).
The new joint ministerial decision stipulates that the disease certificate is issued:
(a) after laboratory testing by PCR for COVID-19 coronavirus, within fourteen (14) days after the first positive test;
b) especially for fully vaccinated, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2, after a positive control using rapid detection of the antigen of the coronavirus COVID-19 (rapid test).
The validity of the medical certificate lasts up to 90 days after the above single or first positive test, provided that the following two points are met.
Certificates of illness issued from 07/05/2021 to 10/31/2021 after a laboratory test using the PCR method, or after testing using a rapid test, remain valid until one hundred and eighty (180) days after the first positive test result, in any case no later than 01/31/2022.
The validity period of certificates of illness issued from 11/1/2021 to 12/4/2021 after a laboratory test by PCR or after testing using a rapid test is 90 (ninety) days.
The first positive test is carried out:
a) by a public authority in accordance with the relevant legislation, or
b) laboratories, public or private, and includes the name of the person on the identity card or passport.
If a repeated laboratory test by PCR was carried out after 90 (ninety) days plus 1 (one) day and gives a positive result, a certificate of illness is not issued, however, in compliance with the necessary measures to protect public health.
Defined as fully vaccinated
those who have passed at least 14 days after the second dose of the vaccine Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca or a single dose – Johnson & Johnson, those who have passed at least 14 days after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus with a single dose of the vaccine.
from February 1, 2022, adult citizens receive a booster dose after seven months from the completion of the initial vaccination.
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