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The Federal Ministry of Health confirmed on Monday in Berlin that the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) had changed its guidelines: the proof of recovery now expires three months after the infection.
Previously it was valid for up to six months.
The Federal Ministry of Health justifies this with the new virus variant Omicron.
The RKI was determined from a scientific point of view, said a ministry spokesman.
The background is that due to the predominant omicron variant, there is a much greater risk of falling ill again after this time or of being a carrier.
The previous period of six months was valid as long as one had to deal with the prevailing Delta variant.
The new requirement ties in with an ordinance sealed by the Federal Council last Friday and has been in effect since Saturday.
Accordingly, proof of recovery must meet criteria that the RKI publishes on its website.
This includes:
The date of taking the positive test must be at least 28 days in the past
And: The date on which the positive test was taken must not be more than 90 days in the past.
The RKI explains: "These specifications are checked regularly and can change according to the state of the art."
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The recovered status, like the vaccination status, is decisive for quarantine and entry regulations.
According to the regulation, exceptions to the quarantine apply to those who have been vaccinated three times, those who have been vaccinated twice in the first three months after the second vaccination, those who have recovered while adhering to the three-month period and other people who have recovered with an additional vaccination.
Special rules according to which one dose was recognized as a complete vaccination for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are no longer applicable.
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