- A new study looking at the contagiousness of hospitalized coronavirus patients says they may be infectious even after the symptoms disappear.
- The limited study advises isolation for patients thought to have been cured of COVID-19.
- The results might be especially useful for milder COVID-19 cases that are treated at home, or for those patients who aren’t even tested for the novel coronavirus but suspect an infection.
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With each day that goes by during the novel coronavirus pandemic, we find out more details about this invisible but powerful enemy that has conquered the world. As of Tuesday morning, there were more than 800,000 cases of COVID-19 internationally, and nearly 40,000 victims. Extreme social distancing measures combined with proper hygiene practices can help flatten the curve, but we also need to learn how to treat and cure COVID-19 as fast as possible. The quicker the illness is diagnosed, the better the prognosis, especially for at-risk patients. But a new study says that hospitals shouldn’t hurry to discharge COVID-19 patients as fast as possible, as some of them might be contagious even after the symptoms disappear.
Patients are sent home after two consecutive negative tests, so the discharge process is more complicated than just assessing symptoms. But the findings are relevant for determining a proper course of treatment, especially for the milder cases that end up being treated at home. Also, similar studies could be used to determine guidelines for people who think they have had the disease while in isolation at home, but haven’t been tested. Asymptomatic patients don’t qualify for testing in many countries, since there’s a worldwide shortage of kits.
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