[News] When a person who had COVID-19 can be reunited with others

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It all depends on how the disease happened, although it is also recommended to consult with your doctor.

The coronavirus pandemic is still present in the lives of millions of people, causing them to become ill in a mild, moderate, severe way, hospitalized and deceased. For this reason, many people are afraid when someone they know has it or has even had it recently.

For this reason, there are people wondering when a person who had coronavirus can have contact with others again. Faced with that question, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC for its acronym in English) have released an explanatory publication.

First, the importance of staying home and isolated is stressed if you have coronavirus, have symptoms or were in contact with someone who tested positive.

He then indicates that if it is known - or believed - that he had COVID-19 because he had symptoms, he can be with other people if he meets the following: it has been 10 days since the symptoms appeared, he has not had a fever during the last 24 hours no need to take medication for that purpose, and the other symptoms are improving.

In the last point, it is also commented that continuing without smell or taste is not enough to delay isolation more, since there are cases in which recovering these senses takes weeks or even months.

“Most people don't need a screening test to decide when they can get back together with other people; however, if your healthcare provider (who is treating you for the disease) recommends that you get screened, they will let you know when you can get back together with other people based on the results of your screening test. ” institution, which is one of those that takes the lead in studies against the coronavirus in the United States.

You also have to know that this is not strictly applied and worse for those who had severe COVID-19 or severely weakened immune systems.

For these cases, they may have to stay at home for more than 10 or even 20 days, still isolated, taking as a reference the date the symptoms appeared. They may need to have a test to find out when they can see other people. It is recommended to follow more strictly the recommendations given by the attending doctor.

 

What about the asymptomatic infected
For those who tested positive but did not have symptoms, experts recommend that they do not have contact with other people for 10 days after they learned they were positive when they were tested.

In these cases, you could also ask a doctor's opinion before meeting with someone again.

If you have symptoms days after you know you have coronavirus, you should take into account that the 10 days are since you had symptoms.

 

What if I was in contact with an infected person?
If a person was in contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus, he must remain in quarantine for 14 days, counting from the moment he last saw the infected.

You could only fail to comply with this if: You have already received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine in the last three months and have not had symptoms, or if you had the disease in the last three months and you no longer have symptoms.

The CDC also recommends taking care of yourself after recovering from COVID-19, since it is to be expected that cases of reinfection will continue to emerge - they will test positive again.

Regarding the latter, experts worldwide say that it is something to take into account, especially since more and more mutations of the coronavirus are appearing, as happens with all previous viruses.