People cured of a Covid infection can have a “certificate of recovery” if they test positive. This certificate is recognized by the vaccination pass in force since January 24. How to get it? With an antigen test? PCR? Where to find it? On Ameli? Sidep? For traveling ? What is its validity period?
[Mise à jour le 28 janvier 2022 à 16h49] the Covid recovery certificate corresponds to positive PCR or antigen test result less than 6 months old. It continues to be recognized in the vaccination pass in force in France since January 24 confirms the government website The vaccination pass replaces the health pass for all French people aged 16 and over. the sanitary pass continues to be in effect for 12-15 year olds. They can also use the recovery certificate as a pass if they have been infected with Covid and can prove it with a positive PCR or antigen test less than 6 months old. How? ‘Or’ What get a Covid recovery certificate? Where the find ? How the Download in TousAntiCovid? Practical Guide.
The certificate of reinstatement corresponds to a positive Covid PCR or antigen test for at least 11 days and 6 months maximum after being infected (not self-test). Their risk of contagiousness being lower, these people can claim the health pass thanks to this certificate.
In force for French people aged 16 and over from January 24, 2022, the vaccination pass still recognizes the Covid recovery certificate, as confirmed by the government January 21. The final text of the validation of the vaccination pass in France was adopted on January 21 by the Constitutional Council. One positive PCR or antigen test result of the Covid at least 11 days and less than 6 months is thus valid as a vaccination pass (but also still as a health pass for 12-15 year olds). “The recovery certificate – 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” assured Olivier Véran on December 29, 2021 during his hearing at theNational Assembly.
How do I get a certificate of reinstatement?
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 present 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 test of screening for Covid-19 in the last six months. Indeed, since August 9, this period has been extended to 6 months in order to allow people who test positive before the end of April to recover 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 any necessary action on the part of the persons screened or of 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 the import and storage of the result in the TousAntiCovid Notebook.
Covid test results cannot be downloaded from Ameli.fr (as is the Covid vaccination certificate). To retrieve the reinstatement certificate, you must connect to the platform sidep.gouv.fr with their FranceConnect identifiers or click on the link sent by email or SMS. This certificate includes identification data (name, date of birth) and information relating to the 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.
Si-Dep is the government platform on which you can find your Covid test results (positive or negative). It allows to recover the proof of a positive PCR or antigen test to act as a certificate of recovery (for a maximum of 6 months). Just log in to the platform sidep.gouv.fr with their FranceConnect identifiers or click on the link sent by email or SMS after the test has been carried out. All PCR or antigen tests generate proof as soon as the professional enters the result into the SI-DEP database, which can be printed directly and which is also made available to the patient via email and SMS to go to the recover on SI-DEP. Antigen test (negative or positive) or RT-PCR (negative or positive) test result certificates are authenticated with a QR Code, and can be imported into TousAntiCovid. The positive certificates valid between 11 days and 6 months from the date of collection, are available for 6 months.
This certificate is not valid only for a period of 6 months from the date of completion of the examination (test), specify the decree of June 1, 2021.
Yes, a positive antigen test for 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 (in the same way as a PCR test), as indicated by the site of the government. In contrast, in Europe, only a PCR test positive is valid as a certificate of recovery for travel.
Even if the serological test proves a past Covid infection by highlighting the presence of antibodies directed against Sars-Cov-2, it is not recognized as proof of Covid recovery. Only a positive Covid PCR or antigen test can serve as a certificate of recovery.
The reinstatement certificate can be used for travel abroad according to the rules that apply in each country, warns the french government. Corn only if it is a positive PCR testas specified on the European Council website. The result of a positive antigen test for Covid infection is not taken into account at borders. The positive PCR test must be less than 180 days (6 months) old. The 27 Member States must 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 have recovered from it. The result attesting to the recovery of Covid-19 is limited to a tis RT-PCR or antigen positive d‘at least 11 days and less than 6 months old. This certificate is not valid only for a period of six months from the date of the test. Afterwards, you have to get vaccinated or get tested to access places subject to the health pass.
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 the RT-PCR tests carried out in the laboratory are stored.
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Sanitary pass: the recovery certificate is now kept for 6 months
Recovery certificates obtained before implementation of the QR Code. DGS July 29, 2021.
Decree No. 2021-910 of July 8, 2021 amending Decree No. 2021-699 of June 1, 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for managing the end of the health crisis.
Test certificates and vaccination certificates to secure travel within the European Union, Ministry of Solidarity and Health.
Press kit the “sanitary pass” becomes European. June 29, 2021. Update on August 4.
Health Pass Info, Government