Dear Asymptomatic Patients, Coronavirus Can Live in Your Body For 70 Days, Don’t Hurry in Moving Out
If you think being an asymptomatic patient means you can freely go out
and have fun, you are mistaken. COVID-19 causing virus can remain in
your system for up to 70 days and that means you can spread it to others
within this period. Not only this, even if you were a symptomatic
patient and now you have recovered, it is better to take precautions and
stay confined to your home for at least 70 days, if possible.
According to a new research published in the journal Cell, a 71-year-old
woman contracted SARS-CoV-2 and remained positive for 70 days though
she did not experience any symptom throughout her treatment. The lady
(with underlying health conditions like anemia, leukemia, and chronic
leukocytosis) was found to have COVID-19 after she was admitted to a
hospital owing to severe anemia
The lady was first tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 2,
2020, and was declared negative after 105 days of isolation and
treatment. Doctors tested the lady for the deadly virus more than 14
times for 15 weeks.
Notably, until now, it has been found that most of the COVID-19 patients
remain infectious for around 8 days and others become non-infectious in
20 to 37 days. However, the novel study has proved otherwise and the
study results are concerning considering the increasing number of
COVID-19 cases worldwide.