In case you are completely vaccinated against Covid-19 and you have contact with a person who tests positive, now for the Ministry of Health you will be considered low risk and will not have to perform isolation.
This regardless of the months since they completed their vaccination.
This is established by version 21 of the National Guidelines for the Surveillance of Covid-19 disease, despite the fact that previous versions of the guidelines only established the possibility of avoiding isolation for specific periods after immunization (180 days).
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“However, given the new scientific evidence, this possibility is no longer limited to a specific period of months after vaccination,” said Adriana Torres, from Health Surveillance.
The above as long as you have the complete vaccination schedule (Pfizer and AstraZeneca: two doses), 14 days have elapsed after completing the vaccination schedule, there is no symptoms.
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In the case of health workers, prison police, officials of long-stay homes and caregivers of vulnerable groups, even when they are defined as low-risk contacts, they will be tested for PCR between the fourth and seventh day after the initial contact, this in order to study the presence or absence of the virus; if the test is positive the person will isolate himself.
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