It is not compulsory for the employees who were fully injected 2 doses of vaccine to take the tests periodically

The employees of enterprises implementing “Three-on-the-spot”model to be injected the vaccine.

Accordingly, the businesses must carry out the screening tests for all cases of employees with the suspected symptoms of the Covid-19 such as cough, fever, difficulty breathing, etc. or other related epidemiological factors.

The employees in the yellow, orange and red zones have been undergone the periodic testing. In which, at least 20% of the very high-risk employees have been undergone  the weekly testing; at least for 5 - 10% of high-risk employees have been undergone the testing every 2 weeks. Weekly tests are applied for the people directly providing services to the businesses such as providing the meals, food, raw materials, security services, and sanitation. Those living in the high-risk and risk zones the tests must be conducted every 2 weeks.

The testing is not required for the people who have been injected the full dose of vaccine (the last dose has given for at least 14 days and not been more than 12 months), or have recovered from the Covid-19 disease within 6 months.

The businesses, based on the results of the assessment of the risk of infection of the province weekly annouced by the Provincial Center for Disease Control, must carry out the testing for their employees. The applied testing technique is the method of Realtime PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) or rapid antigen test. The test results must be immediately reported to the Medical Centers of the districts or cities where the businesses are located.

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