Why you could spread coronavirus three times longer than others
A new report explains how some people - yes, even you! - Can be contagious for 24 days.
Now you can probably recognize theCurrent coronavirus symptoms Attention, including loss of taste and smell, fever, coughing and shortness of breath, among others. But what you may not know is that these flu symptoms have a much darker side effect. According to new research,People who have symptoms diffuse coronavirus up to three times longer thanasymptomatic individuals.
Researchers outside the Department of Infectious Diseases at Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan, China, tested 78 infected patients. They found that the asymptomatic people are contagious from only 3 to 12 days, while those with symptomsPour the coronavirus for 16 to 24 days. It means those withSymptoms can diffuse the virus for three times longer than those who are asymptomatic.
And since theCoronavirus spreads in respiratory droplets Thanks to the throat, the nasal cavity and the upper respiratory tract, how much of these droplets that you relax in the environment makes a big difference. If you are asymptomatic-I.E. Do not sneeze nor cough - so you're notLiberate so many droplets, and possibly potentially do not propagate as many viruses. However, patients whoareEternation and cough expel many other respiratory droplets, which are then inhaled by anyone around them.
So how long until someone withCoronavirus is no longer contagious? Well, an earlier study, published inMedicine of nature, found only afterSymptom of appearance-When you start showing signs of illness - the viral load decreases regularly until it is barely detected, about 21 days later. At that time, you are no longer infectious.
To protect you and protect Contractor coronaviruses, disease control and prevention centers (CDC) recommends washing your hands regularly, social distance distancing and wearing face masks. "Currently, those atThe greatest risk of infection People with extensive and unprotected narrow contact with a patient with symptomatic, confirmed Covid-19, "explains the CDC. And for more means, you can put yourself and your loved ones at risk, checkIf your family does that, you are 18 times more likely to become coronavirus.
