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Leukaemia patient, 71, infectious with coronavirus for at least 70 days – Yahoo Lifestyle Australia
Regular throat swabs revealed the infection persisted in the unnamed woman’s airways for months.
A leukaemia patient is thought to have been infectious with the coronavirus for at least 70 days.
Since the coronavirus outbreak emerged, experts have questioned how long a patient actively sheds the infection, allowing it to be passed on to others.
The NHS stresses anyone who tests positive for the coronavirus or develops its tell-tale fever, cough, or loss of taste or smell must self-isolate entirely at home for at least 10 days.
With the length of infectivity thought to vary from patient to patient,…
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