Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, who went to the press after the Scientific Committee meeting, made important statements. The new decisions taken by the board, which gathered together with the course of the epidemic, the vaccine program, the results of the domestic vaccine Turkovac, test policies, quarantine and isolation rules, were shared. Saying that the isolation period has been shortened, the Minister also made the expected statement about the PCR test.
Minister Koca: Only those who show symptoms will have a PCR test
Explaining that contact citizens who have received their vaccination and reminder dose will no longer be quarantined, Minister Koca stated that all positive cases can come out of isolation without being tested after 7 days. “Our Scientific Committee has removed the obligation of PCR testing for screening and contact persons, taking into account the rules applied in developed countries and the prevalence level of the disease,” said the Minister of Health, and explained that now only people with symptoms can perform PCR testing.
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