COVID RECOVERY CERTIFICATE. To validate your health pass, and soon your vaccination pass, it is possible to rely on a recovery certificate, valid for several months. Here’s how to get it.
To validate your health pass – and soon your vaccination pass – it is possible to claim a Covid-19 recovery certificate. This is an official document that can be obtained by anyone who has been infected with the coronavirus more than 11 days and less than 6 months ago. This certificate takes the form of a positive RT-PCR or antigen test, which actually proves that a form of immunity to Covid-19 has been acquired, due to contamination with the disease. This certificate is valid for 6 months, from the date of the authenticated test. Here is everything you need to know on the subject in 7 questions and 7 answers.
Will the Covid-19 recovery certificate be integrated into the vaccination pass?
The bill presented by the government, which should come into force the week of January 17, provides for the maintenance of the certificate of recovery as a means of obtaining his vaccination pass, as it is for the health pass. “The certificate of recovery may continue to replace the proof of vaccination status”, indicates the text of the bill published on December 30, 2021, mentioning it as an “adaptation provided for by decree”. This point was confirmed by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran in response to questions from deputies on this same bill: “I confirm that the certificate of recovery issued to people who have been infected with Covid and are not yet eligible to the vaccination – give access to the vaccination pass, under the same conditions as it gave access to the health pass “.
What is a Certificate of Recovery from Covid-19?
The Certificate of Recovery from Covid-19 consists of a positive Covid-19 test of more than 11 days and less than 6 months. These deadlines (more than 11 days, less than 6 months) make it possible to certify that a person has recovered from his Covid-19 infection, therefore that he has antibodies against the virus. The positive screening must imperatively be an RT-PCR or antigen test. Self-tests and serological tests are not accepted. It is the positive result of this test that must be presented to obtain his health pass and, soon, the vaccination pass if the bill is adopted.
To get it, just go to the SI-DEP platform (National Covid-19 population screening information system). It is this which provides access to the results of your tests. All you have to do is enter the identifiers transmitted during your test. If you have misplaced them, be aware that you can also connect using your “France Connect” credentials, in particular those you use for your Ameli Social Security account or on the tax website. The result certificates can then be printed, a QR Code being present on the page. They can also be imported into the TousAntiCovid app to allow you to directly obtain your digital health pass.
Can we retrieve the certificate of recovery from Améli?
No, only the SI-DEP platform can retrieve the results of the tests, positive or negative, and therefore in the case of a positive test its proof serving as a certificate of recovery. The identifiers to access SI-DEP are provided during your test but you can also use your Ameli identifiers via France Connect, for the tax website …
The document showing your positive Covid-19 test (dated more than 11 days and less than 6 months to be eligible for the health pass) includes a QR Code. It is this QR Code that you just need to scan in the Tous AntiCovid application in the “Tous AntiCovid Carnet” section.
How long is the Certificate of Recovery from Covid-19 valid?
The certificate of recovery is valid for six months after the positive test. The results are kept for 6 months on the SI-DEP platform in the event of a positive test.
Can I be allowed to travel with a certificate of recovery?
Yes, but the conditions are more restrictive than for the health pass valid for activities in France (access to restaurants, cinemas, trains, etc.). The European health pass (which can be found under the words “border health pass” in the TousAntiCovid app) admits the certificate of recovery but only via a positive PCR test. The antigen test is not authorized, contrary to what is accepted for the French sanitary pass known as “for the activities”.