Exceptional work stoppages, without a waiting day for people who test positive for Covid-19, will no longer be possible from February 1, according to a decree published this Saturday January 28 in the “Official Journal”.
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This text “put an end” at “the issuance of derogatory work stoppages to insured persons who find it impossible to continue working, including remotely”.
Significant health improvement
Created at the start of the health crisis in 2020 “in order to limit the spread of the epidemic”this system had been extended several times, most recently by the Social Security budget for 2023, which however provided for the end of this measure ” later “ at the end of the year.
The government has therefore decided to bring forward the deadline, while the health situation has improved markedly since the beginning of the year, with less than 16,000 patients currently hospitalized, compared to nearly 25,000 at the end of December.
The number of contaminations also fell in one month, from more than 20,000 to less than 5,000 per day on average, according to the Covid Tracker site. In this “favorable epidemic context”the Directorate General of Health (DGS) announced in a press release “several developments” also taking effect on February 1.
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Thereby, “systematic isolation” positive cases and “taking a test” after two days for their contacts “will no longer be required”. Little applied in practice, these precautions nevertheless remain “highly recommended”
In addition, the recording of positive test results in the SI-DEP computer file will now be “conditional on the prior obtaining of the consent of the persons concerned”until the end of this epidemic monitoring tool, scheduled for the end of June.
The follow-up of “contact cases”through the service “Covid contact” managed by Health Insurance, will cease definitively on Wednesday, even if its workforce had already been greatly reduced, from 6,500 full-time equivalents in 2021 to 350 in September according to the Court of Auditors.
