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Q: Have I got Long Covid Syndrome?

Q: Am I still infective?

• Infectivity starts even before symptoms
starts, peaks on Day 3 symptoms,

• For every day increase in day of illness,
viral load reduces by 37%

• If symptoms mild, by Day 10, infectivity
is low

• If symptomatic + immunocompromised
OR severely diseased, infectivity is
possible in <5% up until day 20 of
symptom onset

Resources: 1. Cevik M, Marcus JL, Buckee C, Smith TC.
• DO NOT isolate and stigmatise post
COVID patients once they finish their SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics should inform policy. Clin
Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 23:ciaa1442. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1442.
quarantine period as their infectivity
level is low. 2.https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/
PIIS2666-5247(20)30172-5/fulltext