Muscat: The Ministry of Labour in Oman has announced the revised period of sanitary isolation for employees who test positive for Covid-19 and for those who come in contact with infected cases.
As per the new guidelines, all unvaccinated person in contact with infected cases should be isolated for a period of 7 days if he/she is asymptomatic, and on the 8th day he/she should perform a Covid-19 test. If the test result is negative, the isolation is terminated, and if the test result is positive, then 10 days of isolation must be completed.
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Vaccinated person in contact with infected cases is not isolated unless symptoms appear. In this case, he/she should perform a Covid-19 test if the result of the test is positive, he/she is isolated for 7 days and on the 8th day, he/she should perform a rapid antigen test. If the result of the test is negative, the isolation is terminated, and if it is positive, he/she should complete 10 days of isolation.
Patients who have symptoms must conduct a Covid-19 test. If the test result is positive, he/she should be isolated for 7 days and on the 8th day, he/she should perform a rapid antigen test. If the test result is negative, the isolation is terminated, and if it is positive, he/she has to complete 10 days of isolation.
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