The bill will be discussed in the State Duma on December 16
The bill on QR codes will be adopted in first reading on December 16. The draft law on QR codes in transport will simply be postponed, but the government has not yet abandoned plans to make it a law and has not withdrawn from the Duma. This became apparent after a meeting of the United Russia faction with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova – she answered questions that bother many Russians.
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Question one. What about a person who has fallen ill without going to the doctor or is asymptomatic and a blood test shows that he has a high antibody titer? According to the text of the bill, he is not entitled to a certificate that entitles him to participate in public events and various places where people gather.
“You and I have to assume that citizens take care of their health, and when a person is ill, they have to see a doctor,” Goliková said. She acknowledged that the government was receiving many requests from citizens for the possibility of “remedying a past illness in the absence of incapacity for work” and at the behest of the president and prime minister almost all federal authorities “practically completed one could say, ultimately work to solve this problem.” According to Ms. Golíková, the Ministry of Digital Industry assures that there will be no technical obstacles.
Here are two options. The first is for citizens who have had positive PCR reactions recorded by Rospotrebnadzor. If the results of tests submitted before January 1, 2021, you can forget them, because Ms. Golíková said: “Taking into account all the recommendations of our and foreign experts, we have come to the conclusion that they no longer matter, because a year has passed and according to the recommendations of various If PCR is positive after 1 January 2021, those who wish to obtain a certificate (Ms Golíková does not like the word 'quar-code') will pass an antibody test in 'appropriate laboratories'. “It doesn't matter what.”In fact, according to Mrs Golíková, a special request has been made to the WHO for the level of antibodies, but neither there nor any of the countries in the world measure the number of antibodies and does not set any level of protection for them.
So if the positive PCR is not older than one year and the antibody, “the citizen will be issued proof that he was ill for a year.” From the moment of delivery of PCR or antibody analysis – this is not very clear yet.
The second possibility is that citizens who have not undergone PCR have not been diagnosed, but are presumed to be ill. They will also be offered an antibody test and will provide proof of the disease being transmitted, but only for six months. “To prevent abuse,” Mrs. Golikova explained. In other countries, she said, some time after the illness will simply offer to undergo revaccination.
When will the system be launched? “About the technical readiness of the service,” she said.
Question two. How to get a certificate if there are health contraindications? Their list is not fully defined …
The Ministry of Health has been instructed to draw up a list of contraindications, and once it has been adopted and compiled “as it should be,” the deputy prime minister said, the list would be communicated to all medical organizations. It will happen in December.
In addition, if a citizen with a medical withdrawal wants to attend a mass event or a place where everyone will have to pass a quar code, they must first pass a PCR test and present a medical sample and a negative PCR at the visit.
The third question. How will military personnel and other security officials, as well as their family members, receive certificates (quar codes)?
The draft law on quar codes contains a special article on military personnel, negotiations with representatives of all law enforcement agencies took place, where they discussed different options. Certificates can also be issued to repairmen via the state administration portal, but a “slightly different technological solution” is needed. An amendment will be made to the text of the bill by second reading to clarify this.
Fourth question. What about the citizens of the Russian Federation who took root in “Sputnik” but abroad? In DPR, LPR, North Ossetia or Abkhazia? And what about those who have been vaccinated abroad with foreign vaccines not recognized in Russia?
Upon arrival in Russia, those who have been vaccinated with Sputnik abroad or who have been vaccinated abroad with foreign vaccines are invited to take the test. for antibodies and, if available, receive a document for a period of six months. Negotiations with the EU and other countries on mutual recognition of vaccination cards are ongoing, but have not yet yielded results.