General Practitioner Questions

Covid19

Hi, I tested positive for Covid today. I had a sore throat starting on Sunday and experienced very mild congestion. I don't really feel sick at all today. But I have been testing myself every day since Sunday and they all came back negative until today. I am wondering how long I still need to quarantine.

Female | 25 years old

1 Answer

The going wisdom is to isolate yourself for 5 days if you test positive but have no symptoms. The lightness and short duration of your symptoms are most likely a different infection than COVID19, and you can therefore consider yourself non-contagious 5 days after the disappearance of the symptoms.