The advice to remain in isolation in the event of a corona infection must remain in place. In view of the “declining, but still high numbers of infections”, RIVM thinks it is too early to abolish this measure.
The quarantine advice contributes little to combating the transmission of the coronavirus, but it does have major social consequences, the RIVM argues.
Clear behavioral advice must be given if people have been in contact with someone who is infected with corona. They must be extra alert to complaints, test for complaints and avoid contact with vulnerable people for ten days, the RIVM writes to the cabinet.
“Now that the emphasis is increasingly on personal responsibility, this is also the message that can be given regarding wearing a mouth-nose mask,” RIVM writes. People with vulnerable health can, for example, put on a mouth cap for self-protection when in contact with others. Healthcare staff would also do well to put on a mouth mask when in contact with vulnerable people.
Health Minister Ernst Kuipers had asked RIVM for advice about the corona measures currently in force. That advice was sent to the House on Thursday.