COVID-19 is no longer Infectious after 11 days, New study shows.
In a glimmer of hope in the fight against COVID-19, a new study by Singaporean infectious disease experts has revealed that coronavirus patients are no longer infectious 11 days after contracting the virus even if they still test positive on day 12. In fact, patients may test positive for up to two weeks, with tests being able to detect fragments of the remaining virus in the body, even though it can no longer be spread. The National Center for Infectious Diseases and the Academy of Medicine examined the “viral load” in 73 COVID-19 patients to determine if the deadly virus was still viable and could infect anyone. The researchers wrote that the virus “could not be isolated or cultured after day 11 of illness.” “Based on the accumulated data since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the infectious period of [coronavirus] in symptomatic individuals may begin around two days before the onset of symptoms, and persists for about 7-10 days after the onset of symptoms,” the resear