Is 7 days of isolation enough so as not to infect others?

According to the study, one in 10 people who are discharged from the hospital after a week continues to infect others. With 10 days of isolation the rate was only 5%. (Credit: Playback/Pexels)

Do you still remember when the patient had to stay in isolation for 14 days? The rules have changed and currently this period is only 7 or 5 days, depending on the situation. However, a recent study has now revealed that 10% of people who come out of isolation after seven days continue to be infected.

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According to the study, one in 10 people who are discharged from the hospital after a week continues to infect others. With 10 days of isolation the rate was only 5%.

Data from a study by UK health authorities to determine when the optimum period of isolation would be for a positive case of Covid-19, so that economic activity is not restricted too much now that the micron variable has increased numbers of new cases to new records around the world.

When the isolation lasted for two weeks, 99% of those recovered and discharged from hospital were no longer able to transmit the infection to the people they had been in contact with, and only 1% continued to be infected.

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