Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Covid-19 swab test
Covid-19 swab test - Source: vichie81 at DepositPhotos - License: Deposit Photos
Health
RIVM
Coronavirus
Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2
Covid-19 test
source and contact tracing
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 15:10
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Immediate Covid testing now available for asymptomatic close contacts

The Dutch government updated its protocol for when people can get tested for the coronavirus. In addition to people with symptoms, close contacts of persons who tested positive for the virus can now also get tested immediately after being notified, whether or not they're showing symptoms, according to the new RIVM protocol for source and contact tracing.

This involves category 1 and 2 contacts - the infected person's housemates and anyone they had more than 15 minutes of contact with at a distance of less than 1.5 meters, or had brief but very close contact with such as kissing.

Category 3 contacts can get tested after the fifth day in which they were near the infected person. This includes people who had extended interaction with the infected person but at a distance greater than 1.5 meters, and those who spent less than 15 minutes with someone carrying the viral infection where they were separated by less than 1.5 meters.

The new guidelines from the RIVM were also added to CoronaMelder, an app from the Dutch government that uses Bluetooth to track interactions with people infected with the virus. "In the latest version of CoronaMelder it is also possible to pause the app," the Cabinet said in a statement on Wednesday.

"This pause function is one of the most requested additions to the app and is especially suitable for users who regularly (have to) leave their phone near other phones." This could be especially helpful for employees who leave their phone in a locker at work, or students whose phones are collected at the beginning of a lesson.

Users specify how long the pause should last, and can put the app on pause at any time they wish. They are notified that they have to relaunch the app when the break has ended.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Largest hourly wage increase reported in 12 years
  • Suspect convicted for threats, cleared in Amsterdam Pride terror plot
  • Travelers could face €435 fine, criminal record for leaving quarantine
  • 9,000 new coronavirus infections; Covid hospitalizations up
  • Over 70,000 make appointments for Covid access tests as zoos, theaters open up
  • Pfizer to boost Covid vaccine deliveries to Netherlands within 2 weeks

Top Stories

  • Travelers could face €435 fine, criminal record for leaving quarantine
  • 9,000 new coronavirus infections; Covid hospitalizations up
  • Covid vaccination site in Utrecht extends opening hours to midnight
  • Most vaccinated people still adhere to coronavirus measures: Study
  • Brexit makes Amsterdam a top 5 destination for fleeing UK firms
  • MP accused of sexually transgressive behavior resigns

© 2012-2021 NLTimes.nl, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact