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Can someone who has recovered from covid-19 still spread the illness to others? if yes, then for how long after recovery is he contagious?

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Dr. Le Wang answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

COVID-19: Clinical recovery means resolution of symptoms. After clinical recovery, you must ensure negativity of virus nucleic acid test - a confirmation of being virus-free. It has been shown that asymptomatic virus carriers can still transmit virus from human to human.

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Answered 6/30/2020

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