What will change for tampons and quarantines, here are the news of the CTS
The quarantine drops to 10 days, with the positives that will have to do a single swab to get out of isolation: here are the new CTS rules
10 days of isolation and single molecular buffer to certify negavitization. The Technical Scientific Committee changes the rules for quarantine and changes the rules to be able to declare a positive cured.
QUARANTINE AT 10 DAYS
Let's start with the news in terms of quarantines. Asymptomatics positive for Covid will have to remain in isolation for 10 days. Same rule for all close contacts (or for those who receive an Immuni alert). For positives with symptoms, at least 10 days of isolation are provided, with “the last 3 must be in complete absence of symptoms”, explains the CTS.
All asymptomatic patients who still test positive between the 10th and 17th day will have to stay at home for 21 days. This is the limit of isolation that must be kept to: "In asymptomatic cases, isolation is interrupted in any case on the 21st day as the available evidence does not document any case of the presence of a virus competent for replication", writes the Scientific Technical Committee .
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The rule of the double swab also skips, the one that established that sick people were declared officially cured only after two consecutive negative swabs. A single negative swab will be enough after isolation to be defined cured.
BASSETTI: WELL 10 DAYS OF INSULATION AND SINGLE BUFFER
Matteo Bassetti, director of the infectious diseases clinic of the San Martino hospital in Genoa, applauds the decisions of the Technical Scientific Committee. “Today we all have to applaud the CTS which has decided to change some rules on Covid. You will no longer need the double negative swab to confirm the end of the quarantine. In fact, a single swab will be enough, obviously with a negative result, to decree the recovery of those who have fallen ill with Covid ".
“The quarantine will also go from 14 to 10 days, but not for everyone. It will apply to people in precautionary quarantine who have had close contact with a positive. After 10 days they will swab and, if negative, they can come out. Same thing if the positive is asymptomatic: it will do only one tampon and if after 10 days it is negative it will be able to go out ”, adds Bassetti, arguing that“ this is great news (which I personally supported for a long time) that will simplify things a lot. A good news".
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THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
The Scientific Technical Committee met today to analyze the redefinition of quarantine and fiduciary isolation.
The CTS, in line with international guidelines and adopting the principle of maximum caution, underlines the need to update the diagnostic path for the identification of positive cases as well as the timely return to the social context of the diagnosed subjects.
Similarly, the CTS has redefined the criteria for the fiduciary isolation of close contacts of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 virus cases.
In order to achieve the strategic objective connected to the sustainability of the diagnostic system of cases of positive SARS-CoV-2 virus, the CTS also deems it necessary to involve general practitioners and pediatricians of free choice for the precious and fundamental contribution that they will be able to ensure in the execution of tampons, in order to essentially support the health system in the country.
The CTS summarizes, below, the different conditions and the related redefinition of the quarantine or fiduciary isolation periods:
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/che-cosa-cambiera-per-tamponi-e-quarantene-ecco-le-novita-del-cts/ on Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:30:18 +0000.