Healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated do not need to restrict their movements – NPHET
DUBLIN: The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) said healthcare workers who have been fully vaccinated do not need to restrict their movements if they come in close contact with people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. However, the NPHET stated that this exemption only applies to healthcare staff and that others still need to restrict their movements.
Meanwhile, NPHET yesterday asked HSE and HPSC to review the guidelines for the general public who have been fully vaccinated. However, it could take up to two weeks for a decision to be made.
NPHET considers this their most recent measure as part of the ‘vaccine bonus’, and hopes that it will show the vaccine’s tangible benefits.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn said: “Healthcare workers have been the group that were vaccinated first and as the general population gets fully protected in the coming weeks increasingly we’ll need guidance around that but at the moment, it’s a very small proportion.”
“We have also asked the HPSC to look at its contact tracing guidance to look at the guidance around this for the general public and we’d expect to have an update on that on this day fortnight,” he added.
Dr. Glynn said the NPHET had made some recommendations to the Government last week and that more vaccine bonuses will be advised in the future. He also reminded that there will be various guidelines in the coming weeks to make vaccination more effective. “We will have guidance in place by the time any significant proportion of the population is protected,” he said.
Dr. Glynn said the new advice is now only for health workers, but in the future, the general public also would not be required to restrict their movements if they are fully vaccinated. But until then, he urged everyone to be cautious.
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