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30/09/2021

The MTF announced on 17 September 2021 a revised approach of managing individuals who test positive on the Antigen Rapid Test (ART) but are physically well (i.e. no evident symptoms like fever, cough, or runny nose). Such individuals are advised to self-isolate to monitor their health, instead of rushing to the nearest General Practitioner clinic or hospital, which may risk exposure to other infections.

• Employees who are ART-positive but physically well are advised to self-isolate at home for 72 hours. There is no need for these employees to undergo a confirmatory Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test after getting the first positive ART result.
• After 72 hours of self-isolation, the employee should repeat the ART. If the result is negative, the employee may return to work and daily activities. However, if the result is positive, the employee should continue to self-isolate, and take another ART every 24 hours until the employee receives a negative ART result.
• Employees should immediately inform their employer when they test positive on ART and begin their self-isolation at home.
• Employers should not ask ART-positive but physically well employees to report to the workplace. Such employees should be allowed to work from home if they are able to do so. If working from home is not possible, employers should treat the period of absence as paid sick leave – either paid outpatient sick leave or paid hospitalisation leave, without requiring a medical certificate.
• Employees should not be asked to take no-pay leave for the period of self-isolation. Employees may return to the workplace when they get a negative ART result after 72 hours.
• Employees, who are household members of ART-positive but physically well individuals, should monitor their health for 10 days and do regular ART self-test. Likewise, other employees who are workplace close contacts of the ART-positive employee are advised to do the same. There are no movement restrictions on these employees so long as their ART self-test results are negative. This means that they can return to the workplace if they are unable to work from home. But, they should limit interactions with others as much as possible.

More details can be found on MOM’s website.

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