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myOpinion23 t1_j0ht5yw wrote

Reply to comment by Manadrache in Chinese doctors and nurses reportedly told to work while infected as Covid surges by Neo2199

Not while infected? Or actually i guess if you are infected you can work with infected patients

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Manadrache t1_j0httct wrote

While infected!

In Germany they could get told to work as long as they don't have any symptoms (like a silent infection). As soon as they have symptoms they would have to go into isolation.

This was the rule of thumb during the big rises of covid and the big lockdowns.

During that time I worked in a pharmacy and we were allowed by law to work with an infection. Can't tell you though if anyone did.

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myOpinion23 t1_j0hx488 wrote

Yeah i thought so thats why i made the edit

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Manadrache t1_j0ibbbu wrote

Answered before your edit. But I totally get it that it sounds a bit weird because you would think: who's ill should stay at home.

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taccak t1_j0i43xv wrote

I'm a junior doctor and I have to work even tho I was infected in middle-2021.

I didn't have a fever but a pretty bad case of pharyngitis.

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