Does a positive COVID-19 test after 10 days mean you're still contagious? As long as you continue to test positive on a rapid at-home test, you should still consider yourself potentially contagious. “If you are still positive late in your disease or even though you’re symptom-free, th...
They used it to analyze samples from 176 people who had tested positive on standard PCR tests. After 10 days, 13% of the people had levels of active virus, indicating they could potentially still be infectious. These levels continued in some of the participants for up t...
Since at the time of writing the COVID-19 pandemic is still an ongoing crisis, the literature on the subject is still limited. As such, we present only a brief review with a general overview of findings, in order to frame the analysis presented in this article. Given the way of transmis...
The survey was sent during April 2020 and results were received within the following 20 days. This time range was intentionally kept as short as possible in order to collect people’s feelings on what was still happening and not based on memories. After this, quickly, several countries (...
Staff management challenges in the healthcare system are inherently different during pandemic conditions than under normal circumstances. Surge capacity must be rapidly increased, particularly in the intensive care units (ICU), to handle the increased pr
The results showed that most employees in nursing assessed the work-life quality on a moderate level: 76% were satisfied with their work, and 89% assessed their well-being at the workplace as positive. Considering the leaders’ support, the number of patients, adequate information, teamwork, ...
Well-executed distribution of effective vaccines will still be paramount. Potentially shorter duration of immunity could prolong the path to the ‘end’ Earlier in the pandemic, it was unclear how long immunity after COVID-19 infection would last. Duration of immunity matters, obviously; for ...
S8C. Again, we notice a significant positive correlation (Pearson: \(R=0.72\), \(p\approx 0\); Spearman: \(R=0.75\), \(p\approx 0\)), showing that we could use the inferred spatial shifts from historical snapshots to predict outbreaks in the future. These strong relationships between...
Later the HKSAR government conducted a compulsory testing in the neighborhood they live in. Although they had already recovered, they still tested positive in their PCR tests and were classified as asymptomatic. The family packed their clothes and necessities and moved into the Tsing Yi facility wit...
Still, the adsorbed and functionalized blood protein on the outsides of NMs, but not the polymer layer, accidentally and predominantly induced activation of the other pathways [226]. On cover adsorption, plasma proteins may support conformational and thermodynamic differences and consequently, display ...