Post by sleepingbooty on Dec 7, 2020 18:12:13 GMT
I assume you meant to post this in NSBR and not General Scrapbooking but to answer your question: a person becomes contagious around 48h before the first symptoms show if they're not asymptomatic (if they are asymptomatic, you can't use the symptom method to determine the beginning and end date of contagion) and is usually contagious for another 10-ish days when the first symptoms appear. However, that doesn't mean the virus is out of their system and they no longer suffer from Covid-19. The tests can very well continue to be positive afterwards.
The test looks at the genetic material of the virus present in the patient's body, not the actual active virus that could contaminate someone else.
This is not a 100% rule but it's the widely accepted and most general one. For the majority of people there is no longer a contagion risk around the 10-day mark after the first symptoms appeared.
The test looks at the genetic material of the virus present in the patient's body, not the actual active virus that could contaminate someone else.
This is not a 100% rule but it's the widely accepted and most general one. For the majority of people there is no longer a contagion risk around the 10-day mark after the first symptoms appeared.
