Romania is making a very important change for rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, so their validity period is increased from 24 to 48 hours, the measure already being applied in many other European states for citizens.
"The validity period of the rapid antigen test certificate increases to 48 hours, from 24 hours.
At the same time, the ordinance adopted today correlates the measures established by Romania regarding the verification and issuance of digital COVID-19 certificates of vaccination, testing or passing through the disease, in accordance with the general principles of European Union (EU) law, in particular with the principles proportionality and non-discrimination.
Thus, the new amendments provide that the digital COVID-19 certificates can also be used on Romanian territory for the attestation of the holder's vaccination, testing or passing through the disease, and the validity period of the certificate for the rapid antigen test increases to 48 hours, from 24 hours, as it currently is.
Also, the legal framework was created so that protective masks granted by the Ministry of Health and not distributed at the level of public health departments, respectively of local public authorities, can be distributed to the county school inspectorates, according to their requests, in order to distribute them to primary, secondary and high school students."
