People recovered from a Covid infection may have a “certificate of recovery” if they test positive. Currently recognized as a health pass, this certificate should continue to be recognized with the vaccination pass. How to get it? With an antigen test? Where to find it? On Ameli? For traveling ? What is its validity?
[Mise à jour le 7 janvier 2022 à 16h04] Among the three keys to having a health pass is the Covid recovery certificate. It’s about positive PCR or antigen test result of the Covid at least 11 days and less than 6 months. The serological tests that can attest to a past infection with Covid are not accepted as proof of recovery from the Covid. This certificate should continue to be recognized despite the introduction of the “vaccine pass“replacing the current health pass planned by the government from January 15, 2022. According to law Project of the government examined by the National Assembly and the Senate “the certificate of recovery may continue to replace the proof of vaccination status”. What Olivier Véran “confirmed” on December 29, 2021 during his hearing at theNational Assembly : “I confirm that the certificate of recovery – issued to people who have been infected with covid and are not yet eligible for vaccination – will give access to the vaccination pass, under the same conditions as it gave access to the health pass.” How? ‘Or’ What get a certificate of recovery from the Covid? Where the find ? How the Download in TousAntiCovid? Practical Guide.
The certificate of reinstatement corresponds to a positive PCR or Covid antigen test of at least 11 days and 6 months or less after being infected (not self-test). As their risk of contagiousness is lower, these people can claim the health pass thanks to this certificate.
The French government plans to transform the current health pass into a vaccination pass as of January 15, 2022. The law Project examined in the National Assembly and in the Senate indicates that “the certificate of recovery may continue to replace the proof of vaccination status”. What Olivier Véran “confirmed” on December 29, 2021 during his hearing at theNational Assembly : “I confirm that the certificate of recovery – issued to people who have been infected with covid and are not yet eligible for vaccination – will give access to the vaccination pass, under the same conditions as it gave access to the health pass.”
Yes, a positive antigenic test for the coronavirus is recognized as proof of a Covid infection and can serve as a certificate of recovery for a period of 6 months in France (like a PCR test), as indicated on the website of the government. In contrast, in Europe, only one PCR test positive is valid as a certificate of recovery for travel.
Even if the serological test proves a past Covid infection by demonstrating the presence of antibodies directed against Sars-Cov-2, it is not recognized as proof of recovery from the Covid. Only a positive PCR or antigen test for Covid can serve as a certificate of recovery.
The certificate of reinstatement is a proof of non-contamination of the covid which allows you to obtain the health pass for activities in France. It is compulsory to access places of leisure, culture, restaurants, cafes, hospitals, fairs, seminars and trade shows, to health, social and medico-social services and establishments, for long-distance journeys by public transport. The European Union’s digital Covid certificate (or “European health pass” which corresponds to the “borders” mode of the certificate in the TousAntiCovid application) recognizes the recovery certificate but only if it is a positive PCR test, as specified on the European Council website. The tests positive antigens are not valid. The positive PCR test must be less than 180 days old. The 27 Member States must therefore in theory accept it, but it is still better to check the conditions of each country of destination on diplomatie.gouv.fr Before leaving.
To obtain the Covid recovery certificate, you must prove that you have been infected with the virus and be cured. The result attesting to the recovery from Covid-19 is limited to one tis RT-PCR or antigen positive d‘at least 11 days and less than 6 months. This certificate is valid only for a period of six months from the date of the test. Afterwards, you have to be vaccinated or tested to access places subject to the health pass.
To be valid, the PCR test must be positive and be at least 11 days old and less than 6 months old.
To obtain the Covid recovery certificate, you must complete a RT-PCR test or one antigen test (only the PCR is valid for travel to Europe). This Covid test must be positive. Serological tests that can attest to a past infection with Covid are not accepted as proof of recovery from Covid. To be valid, the PCR or antigen test must be positive and date ofat least 11 days and less than 6 months, specifies the site Service-Public.fr.
- The process for retrieving proof of a positive test is the same as for negative tests. via SI-DEP.
- The patient can connect to the portal via the link received by email or SMS, or by clicking on the FranceConnect button on SI-DEP.
- To identify yourself with FranceConnect you will need your access codes to your Ameli account, your MSA account, your tax area … The connection is only open to beneficiaries of a French health insurance scheme who have carried out a health insurance test. screening for Covid-19 in the past six months. Indeed, since August 9, this period has been extended to 6 months in order to allow positive people before the end of April to collect their certificate and present the health pass. For tests carried out since May 10, 2021, the document with the QR code will therefore be kept. for 6 months in SI-DEP without necessary action on the part of the screened persons or the laboratory.
- Importing the proof into the TousAntiCovid application is possible from the paper or PDF of the test result by scanning the QR Code or by clicking on a link allowing to import and store the result in the TousAntiCovid Notebook.
Covid test results cannot be downloaded from Ameli.fr (as is the Covid vaccination certificate). To retrieve the recovery certificate, you must connect to the platform sidep.gouv.fr with their FranceConnect credentials or click on the link sent by email or SMS. All PCR or antigen tests generate proof as soon as the professional enters the result in the SI-DEP database, which can be printed live and which is also made available to the patient via an email and an SMS to go to the recover on SI-DEP. This certificate includes identification data (name, date of birth) and information relating to screening (date and type of test, negative or positive result) and a QR code that you can scan and import into the TousAntiCovid Carnet application.
This certificate is valid only for a period of 6 months from the date of the examination, specify it decree of June 1, 2021.
The covid recovery certificate can be presented in paper or digital version. To integrate it into the TousAntiCovid application, it’s very simple: just scan the QR Code of your SI-DEP document via the link received by SMS following the completion of the test and open it in the application . The document will then be saved in the “TousAntiCovid Carnet” functionality. SI-DEP is the secure platform in which the results of RT-PCR tests performed in the laboratory are stored.
Sources:
Health pass: the certificate of recovery is now kept for 6 months
Recovery certificates obtained before implementation of the QR Code. DGS July 29, 2021.
Decree n ° 2021-910 of July 8, 2021 modifying decree n ° 2021-699 of June 1, 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the exit from the health crisis.
Test certificates and vaccination certificates to secure travel within the European Union, Ministry of Solidarity and Health.
Press kit the “health pass” becomes European. June 29, 2021. Update August 4.
Health Pass Info, Government