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Covid patients are barely infectious after five days of symptoms, studies suggest, opening the door for the current 10-day self-isolation period to be slashed in half.
The research, from Oxford University's Pathogen Dynamics Group, revealed four in ten infections are confirmed before there are any physical indicators, while 35 per cent come within the first two days of symptoms.
Conversely, between five and ten days after high temperatures, coughs and loss of senses appear, just two per cent of transmissions are passed on, according to the Telegraph.
Covid patients are barely infectious after five days of symptoms, studies suggest, opening the door for the current 10-day self-isolation period to be slashed in half
It comes just days after changes to the NHS Covid app this week mean people will
