1. You received a positive result for a PCR test or a rapid antigen test (RAT) administered by a professional
- Go into isolation immediatelyYou may also be contacted by the Contact Tracing Centre (telephone, visit or SMS)
- End of isolation after 7 days if at least 3 days without fever and improvement in other symptoms
2. You had a positive self-test
- Go into isolation immediately
- A positive self-test should be confirmed by a PCR test or a rapid antigen test (RAT)
- Request a test code by completing the Positive self-test form or
- Request a test code by calling 02/214.19.19
- Then make a test appointment with this PCR test code at a test centre, a sampling point or a pharmacy
3. You have symptoms
- Stay home immediately
- If you have not yet received a test code, please fill in the Self Assessment Test. See a doctor if this is not possible, if you belong to a risk group or if your symptoms are very severe.
- Make a test appointment if you received a test code or if the result of the Self Assessment Test or the doctor advises it
- If you have symptoms, you can also go to a test centre without a test code by making an appointment first
- The test result is positive
- See point 1
- The test result is negative
- You may stop your quarantine but be very careful for one week
4. You had a high-risk contact with an infected person
It is currently not mandatory to quarantine or get tested after a high-risk contact, regardless of your vaccination status, even if the infected person is someone within your household who cannot isolate themselves. In that case, however, it is recommended that you wear a mouth mask for 7 days after the high-risk contact for contacts outside the household or, if a mouth mask is not possible, do a daily self-test. This recommendation applies to persons aged 6 years and older.
5. You arrive from abroad
- Fill in the Passenger Locator Form before arriving in Belgium if necessary
- You have symptoms
- Stay home immediately
- If you have not received a test code, please complete the Self Assessment Test if possible. See a doctor if this is not possible, if you belong to a risk group or if your symptoms are very severe.
- Make an appointment for a test if you have received a test code or if the Self Assessment Test result or the doctor recommends it
- If you have symptoms, you can also go to a test centre without a test code, by making an appointment in advance
- You may also be contacted by the Contact Tracing Centre (telephone, visit or SMS)
- The test result is positive
- The test result is negative
- Follow the instructions you may receive by SMS
- You have no symptoms
- Follow the instructions you may receive by SMS
- If requested, make a test appointment with the test code you receive by SMS
- You can find the current rules for arrival from abroad here
6. You are going abroad
- You have symptoms
- You have no symptoms
- Request a test code in advance if possible
- Book a test appointment (this is a paid test)
7. You want a CST (Covid Safe Ticket)
- You have symptoms
- You have no symptoms
- You have been vaccinated against/have recovered from Covid-19
- Use your Vaccination or Recovery Certificate (if still valid)
- You have not been vaccinated against/are not recovered from Covid-19 or your Vaccination or Recovery Certificate is no longer valid
- Request a test code in advance if possible
- Book a test appointment (this is a paid test)
- If you have a negative test result, download the Test Certificate via the covidsafe app or via mijngezondheid.be
- You have been vaccinated against/have recovered from Covid-19
- See point 4.
Additional info
Different rules for youth
- Less than 12 years old
- Household environment
- Children who have had a high-risk contact with a family member follow the same rules as unvaccinated adults in the event of a household infection (10-day quarantine, which can be lifted as of 7 with daily negative self-tests until day 10, additional preventive measures until day 20 if the infected person cannot be isolated from other household members) regardless of the child’s vaccination status.
- If the child had an infection less than 5 months ago that was determined by a PCR or antigenic test by a health professional, the child is exempt from quarantine.
(If a member of the household has had a high-risk contact with someone from outside the household and the child has not, no measures are applied for the child.) - Children who show no symptoms may always (and only) leave the quarantine to go to school, daycare or nursery. However, they must respect the quarantine for all other activities outside school/daycare/nursery school if they had a high-risk contact with someone from their household.
- Children who show symptoms must stay at home and should be tested by a professional (not self-tested). If not, they are considered infected and should be kept in isolation for 7 days.
- School environment
- In the school environment (including extracurricular activities), all children and the people in charge are considered low risk contacts.
- Children and the people in charge are considered as one group.
- Children should be tested (by a professional) if they have symptoms and should remain at home while awaiting the test result. If the test result is negative, they can return to school, daycare or nursery.
- Other environment
- Contacts at a sports club, to a family member not living in the same household, to a friend outside school, at a youth activity, etc.
- In this context, children under 12 years of age are considered having low risk contacts.
- Household environment
- 12 to 17 years old
- In the school environment, the rules regarding high risk contacts are the same as outside the school environment.
- Youth aged between 12-17 who have received their basic vaccination, regardless of when they were vaccinated, are considered fully vaccinated.
Vaccination status
- A fully vaccinated person is a person who has received a booster vaccination, or who has received the last dose of their basic vaccination not more than 5 months ago, or who has a Recovery Certificate dating from not more than 5 months ago.
- A partially vaccinated person is a person who received the last dose of their basic vaccination more than 5 months ago and who has not yet received a booster shot.
- All other persons are considered unvaccinated.
- Youth aged between 12 and 17 who have received their basic vaccination are also considered to be fully vaccinated, regardless of the date of vaccination.
High-risk contact
- A high-risk contact is a person who has been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes cumulatively at a distance of less than 1.5 m face to face, e.g. in a conversation, without the correct use of a mouth mask (nose and mouth fully covered) by either person.