Why avoid infection? Long COVID can be debilitating, even after mild infections.
Isolation requirements will remain for high-risk settings such as aged care, disability care, Aboriginal health care and hospitals. Workers in these sectors who can’t access paid leave while isolating will still be able to accessWhile isolation won’t be mandatory for most, it’s still important to be aware of your own infection risk and be careful around others if you test positive for COVID or have respiratory symptoms.
If you are at-risk and have symptoms, try to get a PCR test, if possible, as this can detect an infection earlier than a rapid antigen test .starts a day or two before symptoms and can continue for more than ten days. As time goes on, the viral load drops away, so you’re less infectious. RATs perform best a few days into an infection. So while they may not pick up all infections initially,of mostly young, vaccinated people concluded that for people with lingering mild symptoms, such as a persistent dry cough, a negative RAT could guide when it was safe to stop isolating. However, half those with a positive RAT didn’t appear to be infectious.
So when you’re in crowded indoor spaces such as public transport, it’s best to assume the virus is present and mask up.Although things have improved in terms of severe acute disease, minimizing risk of infection remains important given the risk of long COVID, which can be debilitating for some, even after mild infections.long COVID. This compares with 10.8% of 41,361 Delta cases.less likely to develop long COVID than unvaccinated people, and 70% less likely after a booster dose.
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