IJZ: The "call center" activated during the covid-19 pandemic is ceasing to work, certain epidemiological measures are still in force

They also pointed out that vaccination of vulnerable categories of society with a booster dose of bivalent vaccine is still a strong recommendation

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Institute for Public Health, Photo: Institute for Public Health
Institute for Public Health, Photo: Institute for Public Health
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The Institute for Public Health of Montenegro (IJZCG) announced that due to the favorable epidemiological situation in the country, the "Call Center" 1616, which was activated on March 20, 2020, will stop working in order to enable citizens to communicate more efficiently with competent health workers from the Institute during the covid pandemic. -19.

They add that given that the risk of contracting the covid-19 virus still exists, they remind citizens that the following epidemiological measures are in force and that they adhere to them so that the decline in the trend of contracting covid-19 continues.

"Sub 1: the obligation to wear a protective mask in health care institutions and social and child protection institutions;

2) the obligation of persons infected with the coronavirus to wear a protective mask (N95 or FFP2) for seven days from the day of receiving a positive test result, while respecting general anti-epidemic measures (avoiding gatherings, going to collectives, etc.);

3) the obligation of patients who are referred for hospital treatment to have a negative result of a rapid antigen test for coronavirus that was issued by a registered laboratory and is no older than 48 hours;

4) the obligation of health institutions to allow visits to persons undergoing hospital treatment by a family member or a person whom the patient expresses a wish to visit, twice a week for 30 minutes each, with the mandatory wearing of a protective mask and hand disinfection, and for visits to semi-intensive units and oncology and hematology departments and with the mandatory possession of a negative result of a rapid antigen test that is not older than 48 hours.

5) the obligation of the head of the organizational unit to allow a family member to be next to a seriously ill patient, occasionally or permanently for a certain period of time, with the mandatory possession of a negative result of a rapid antigen test, wearing a protective mask and hand disinfection, for which he issues a pass, according to the IJZCG.

They also pointed out that vaccination of vulnerable categories of society with a booster dose of bivalent vaccine is still a strong recommendation.

"The Institute for Public Health of Montenegro will, as before, carry out epidemiological surveillance of the covid-19 virus and, in accordance with the epidemiological situation, will adopt protective and preventive measures against the disease," they concluded.

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