My Wife Has Covid I Found Out Friday Morning What Can Be Done?

Posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2020

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Question : My wife has Covid! i found out Friday morning! i got tested Friday morning and tested negative! I was told I still need to quarantine for 14 days.

Answered by Dr. Olgeta Xhufka (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You need to stay in quarantine.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,

You are a close contact to your wife and it is recommended that close contacts stay in quarantine for 14 days even though you may be negative.
You may develop symptoms from 2-14 days after exposure.
If you develop symptoms you may need to get retested but if you don't develop there is no need to get retested before starting work.

Hope I have answered the question.
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