The scientist said in any case, people who recover from COVID-19, may present a danger to others for a long time.
People who have recovered from coronavirus, can be contagious to others for up to five weeks even after the disappearance of clinical signs of pneumonia. This statement was made by Deputy Director on innovative work of the St. Petersburg research Institute of epidemiology and Microbiology named after Pasteur Rospotrebnadzor Alexander Semenov.
“the longer the patient is in serious condition, the longer it will excrete virus in the environment, that is, patients who were in critical condition, they can highlight coronavirus to five weeks even after the disappearance of clinical signs of pneumonia,” – said the expert in the TV channel “Russia-1”.
According to experts, thanks to research by Chinese scientists during an epidemic COVID-19 in China found out that in 20-25% of cases of infected people were suffering from mixed infections: seasonal influenza and coronavirus.
“If the human immune system ready to fight off the flu virus, there is an effective vaccine, then, of course, it is much easier to transfer and coronavirus infection, because it will be necessary to fight one enemy instead of two,” explained Semyonov.
According to the latest who data, the world is now recorded more than 1.6 million cases of infection COVID-19, more than 99 thousand people died.
