Covid How quarantine works in other European countries: the cases of Germany, France and the United Kingdom

In the case of children and students up to secondary schools, isolation of positives ends in seven days with testing of molecular or antigenic output, while quarantine of responsible person Expires within five days with an antigen or molecular exit test. In the absence of tampons, isolation or quarantine, they are definitively exhausted after 10 days, while there is no obligation to quarantine for contacts of positives who received boosters, were both treated and vaccinated, are ‘recently recovered’ or a double dose of The vaccine is for less than three months.

France, for vaccination and isolation of under 12 years has been reduced to 5 days

The French government has also restarted work confinement rules To deal with the growth of infections caused by omicron. The measures, starting January 3, 2022, are valid without discrimination on the contracted alternative. The most obvious difference, if any, is between the block made up of full-course vaccinated persons under 12 years of age and composed of non-vaccinated persons or citizens who have not yet completed their course of administration.

In the case of positivity, children under 12 years of age must undergo full vaccination for seven-day isolation, but can be discharged early on the fifth day if they meet two conditions: a molecular smear with a negative result and no symptoms for at least 48 hours. Those who have not been fully or partially vaccinated should extend the isolation period to 10 days, with the possibility of shortening it to seven days in the event of a negative molecular test and no symptoms for at least two days.

In the case of contact with positive people, citizens who have been vaccinated with a full course are not required to adhere to quarantine periods. However, all possible precautions must be respected, such as mask use, reduction of contacts and full use of remote work. In addition, according to the French government website, it is necessary to undergo a rapid or molecular test as a precautionary measure close to meeting the infected person, with the addition of a self-test two and four days after the meeting. If the home swab is positive, it will need to be confirmed or rejected with an antigen or molecular test.

In the case of unvaccinated or unvaccinated citizens with a full course, a seven-day quarantine runs which can only end with a cure swab: if the result is positive, the normal quarantine takes over.