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Belgian residents who do not have a corona pass and who return from a country with “an unfavorable epidemiological situationHowever, they must still take a self or PCR test on day 1 after arrival. For travelers returning from countries with a worrying variant (‘variant of concern’), the rules remain unchanged.
Questioners Parys and Saeys also wanted to know from Minister Beke what will happen with the test and quarantine rules and with the Flemish contact tracing as soon as a switch to code yellow can be made. Corona Commissioner Pedro Facon already made it clear that an adjustment of the test strategy is gradually becoming necessary. The current strategy of PCR testing costs 3 million euros per day.
According to Minister Beke, there are two scenarios on the table. The first scenario is the current situation with the omikron variant. A second scenario looks at potentially new variants of concern. Each of those scenarios has a different impact on the impact on testing and quarantine strategy and on contact tracing. According to Beke, the intention is to discuss the matter again at a new meeting of the IMC on March 7 and then make decisions.