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Clearing COVID infection can take longer than you think – Los Angeles Times

Here’s a summary on guidance for isolation from the California Department of Public Health, which are also requirements in Los Angeles County.

Day 0: Start of COVID-19 symptoms or the day of your first positive coronavirus test, if you’re asymptomatic. Wear a highly protective mask around others if in the same room as others in your home.

Days 1-5: Remain in isolation.

Day 5: You can take a rapid test. If you test negative, don’t have a fever and your symptoms are improving, you can exit isolation on Day 6.

Days 6-10: You can end isolation if your rapid test result — taken on Day 5 or later — is negative, you’ve been fever-free for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medicines and your symptoms are improving or you don’t have symptoms. The California Department of Public Health strongly recommends still wearing a well-fitting mask around other people until the end of Day 10. In L.A. County, it’s a requirement that recently infected people who return to their workplace wear a mask through the end of Day 10.

Day 11: You can generally end isolation without needing a negative rapid test result. But if you still have a fever, stay isolated until 24 hours after the fever ends. And if you are immunocompromised or have had severe COVID-19, you might need to isolate longer.

“If you do not have access to an antigen test, then we feel pretty comfortable that 10 days after your symptoms start, you are no longer infectious,” Orange County Deputy Health Officer Dr. Matthew Zahn said.

Source: Clearing COVID infection can take longer than you think – Los Angeles Times

Jolly ‘N Joyful Monday!!! | Filosofa’s Word

So here we are back at Monday again, eh?  Well, we might as well make the best of it, don’t you think?  We’ve got some fun in store for you guys today, so go see what Joyful has on the table, then we’ll move on to some ‘toons ‘n memes ‘n cute critters ‘n stuff!…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/08/08/jolly-n-joyful-monday-3/