COVID-19: When are you no longer contagious after testing positive or experiencing symptoms?
Updated: 7:10 PM CST Feb 2, 2022
KILLED IN 2019 RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. IAN: WE ARE WORKING TO GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT COVID ANDHE T VACCINE. DAN WROTE IN WITH THIS QUESTION, HE WANTS TO KNOW AFTER SYMPTOMS OR YOU TEST POSITIVE, WHAT DOES THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY FEEL IS THE SAFE POINT THAT SOMNEEO WOULD NO LONGER BE CONTAGIOUS? I TOOK IT TO A DOCTOR FROM THE DEPARTNTME OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SHE SAID TO KEEP THIS IN MIND. >> AFTER ABOUT FIVE DAYS THAT PERSONS HAVE A LOWER LEVEL OF VIRUS, BUT UP TO 30% OF PEOPLE CAN STILL BE CONTAGIOUS AFTER FIVE DAYS. THAT IS WHY ETH RECOMMNDATION THE CDC HAS MADE IN ALABAMA FOLLOWS IS THAT PERSONS WHO HAVE CODVI NEED TO REMAIN IN ISOLATION FOR FIVE FULL DAYS AND BE FEVER FREE WITH NO FEVER REDUCING MEDICINE AND HAVE THEIR MPSYTOMS IMPROVING BEFORE THEY LEAVE ISOLATION. IAN: ONCE YOU HAVE LEFT ISOLATION YOU SHOULD WEAR A , HIGH-QUALITY MASK, SO AN N95, KN95 OR SURGICAL MASK. YOU WANT TO MASK UP FOR 10 FULL DAYS SINCE YOU FIRST GOT SICK OR A RECEIVED A POSITIVE TEST. DR. LANDERS ADDED FOR THOSE THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOPPSURESSED OR ON TREATMENT FOR DISEASE LIKE CANCER OR POTENTIAL OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, YOUR IMMEUN SYSTEM MAY NOT BE AS ROBUST, SO YOU COULD BE CONTAGIOUS TO 10UP DAYS, POSSIBLY LONGER IF YOU PHONE THAT CATEGORY. YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT WITH YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT WHEN IT ISAS FE TO LEAVE ISOLATION. IF YOU WANT AN ANSWER, LET ME KNOW AND I WIL
COVID-19: When are you no longer contagious after testing positive or experiencing symptoms?
Updated: 7:10 PM CST Feb 2, 2022
WVTM 13 is working with health experts to get you the facts on any questions you may have related to the COVID-19 vaccines.In this segment, a viewer asks WVTM 13’s Ian Reitz when is a person no longer considered contagious after testing positive for COVID-19 or experiencing symptoms. Hear what Dr. Karen Landers at the Alabama Department of Public Health says in the video above. If you haven’t claimed the four free tests available for your household, click here.Do you have a COVID-19 vaccine question you would like answered? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll contact the experts and return to you as quickly as possible.MORE FACTS ON THE VAXHow many times can you reuse a KN95 mask?Is a fourth dose, or another booster, necessary to keep immunity up?What to do if you test positive twice in a 10-day period?
WVTM 13 is working with health experts to get you the facts on any questions you may have related to the COVID-19 vaccines.
In this segment, a viewer asks WVTM 13’s Ian Reitz when is a person no longer considered contagious after testing positive for COVID-19 or experiencing symptoms. Hear what Dr. Karen Landers at the Alabama Department of Public Health says in the video above.
If you haven’t claimed the four free tests available for your household, click here.
Do you have a COVID-19 vaccine question you would like answered? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll contact the experts and return to you as quickly as possible.
MORE FACTS ON THE VAX
How many times can you reuse a KN95 mask?
Is a fourth dose, or another booster, necessary to keep immunity up?
What to do if you test positive twice in a 10-day period?
