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Nina Massey & Nicola Roy

Covid study reveals how long you are infectious - even if symptoms are mild

A new study has detailed exactly how long people with mild Covid are likely to infect others.

Experts at Imperial College London published a new study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal revealing how long infectiousness is likely to last after catching Covid-19.

According to the research, two thirds of people who had mild Covid were still infectious five days after their symptoms began, with a quarter of people still infectious at seven days.

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