SANTIAGO (BLOOMBERG) - Chile plans to issue immunity cards for people that have recovered from coronavirus to signal they are no longer contagious and can return to work and their normal lives.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SANTIAGO - Chile plans to issue immunity cards for people that have recovered from coronavirus to signal they are no longer contagious and can return to work and their normal lives.
The government will start issuing the"Covid-19 cards" from Monday , Health Minister Jaime Manalich told reporters today, setting out a strict set of criteria for the new permits. The measure may prove controversial though as some of the cards will be based on the presence of antibodies to the virus, for which countries have struggled to mass produce reliable tests.
Mr Manalich said the government would ensure that"with a very high probability" that people with the cards were no longer contagious.Health authorities"have to make decisions based on probabilities that are very close to being an absolute certainty," Mr Manalich said. Patients that have had their immune systems compromised, such as cancer patients, will have to wait 28 days without symptoms to apply for the cards.As of Wednesday , Chile had 8,807 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 105 fatalities.Related Stories:
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