" Crooks could seek to take advantage of the existence of the epidemic and this Contact Covid device“, Warns the Health Insurance on its site ameli.fr. And for good reason: individuals pretend to be health insurance investigators, and ask those contacted for their postal address and their credit card number. They claim to need it to send them home a paid screening kit. Health Insurance thus specifies that it never provides and does not invoice the sending of a kit or a screening test for Covid-19. The organization recalls that the RT-PCR test can only be carried out by health professionals, such as nurses, or in laboratories or dedicated screening structures. In addition, the test is fully reimbursed by Health Insurance and can be performed without a prescription.
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As a reminder, the “ Contact Covid ” system was put in place by Health Insurance at the start of deconfinement to prevent transmission of Covid-19. Individuals who have been in contact with people who test positive for Covid-19 are called by health investigators from the Health Insurance. These investigators are subject to medical and professional secrecy.
In order to identify a possible fraud, Health Insurance provides some information to make sure you are in contact with it. Health investigators never ask their interlocutors to provide their bank details. At first, investigators call the person concerned, but if they remain unanswered, investigators send a text or email to notify them of the next call or to ask them to call back. By telephone, the number displayed can be 3646 or 05.53.35.62.37. In addition, investigators can give the name of the doctor or patient sick with Covid-19, if the patient has given his explicit consent for this.
