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And after confirming the COVID-19 lab test results against the patients’ self-test results, the research team found that seventy-five percent of the patients were still antigen positive on day six.
Interestingly, these patients all reported no persisting symptoms– but still would have been released from quarantine according to current CDC isolation guidelines.
Now, the researchers believe that the current CDC recommendation is not a one-size-fits-all approach to the pandemic. Nonetheless, they are still at a loss about how to improve the guideline.
“A universal requirement of a negative RAT result may unduly extend isolation for those who are no longer infectious. Meanwhile, a recommendation to end isolation based solely on the presence of improving symptoms risks releasing culture positive, potentially infectious individuals prematurely,” the researchers concluded.
In turn, they have underscored the importance of continuing to wear a mask until at least day ten of infection in order to avoid high-risk transmission.
To read the study’s complete findings, visit the link here.
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