The Ministry of Health has decided to ease the restrictive measures concerning Covid-19, in a favorable health context. Now, a person who tests positive for the virus is no longer required to self-isolate.
It is a page that has been turned since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic almost three years ago. The Ministry of Health has decided to end its “test, trace, isolate” strategy, judging that it was no longer adapted to the country’s health situation. This easing of restrictive measures has significant consequences at the professional level.
Can you go to work if you test positive?
Until now, an employee who tested positive for Covid-19 had to isolate himself – as soon as possible – for a period of seven days. This period increased to 10 days if the employee in question was not vaccinated against the virus. The person concerned then had to attest to a negative test before being able to return to work.
What about today ? In this favorable health context (with a constant drop in contamination for several weeks), a decree published in Official Journal Saturday 28 January the latter, explains that this isolation procedure was rarely applied. The isolation of employees who test positive for the virus is no longer “required” even if it remains “strongly recommended”. In addition, contact cases are no longer required to carry out a screening test.
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Consequences: it is therefore now possible to go to work by being tested positive for Covid-19. However, it is advisable to wear a mask and apply barrier gestures to protect your colleagues.
Is it possible to obtain a work stoppage?
This is another change that follows the easing of the restrictive measures: a work stoppage is no longer automatically issued when you test positive for the virus. Exceptional work stoppages, without a waiting day for people who test positive for Covid-19, will no longer be possible.
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This does not mean, however, that it will be impossible to be arrested if you contract the disease. In practice, if you are infected and you have symptoms that prevent you from working – whether face-to-face or remotely – you will be subject to the rules of common law. You will need to consult a doctor who will judge for himself whether your state of health requires you to be arrested. The work stoppage that will then be issued to you will be subject to the classic waiting period to receive your daily allowances from Social Security and the additional salary paid by your employer.
