People who have a Covid 19 rebound after treatment with the antiviral drug Paxlovid can be contagious and may not know it because they might not have
People who have a Covid 19 rebound after treatment with the antiviral drug Paxlovid can be contagious and may not know it because they might not have symptoms, researchers warn, reported CNN. “People who experience rebound are at risk of transmitting to other people, even though they’re outside what people accept as the usual window for being able to transmit,” said Dr. Michael Charness of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Boston. Charness and his colleagues recently collaborated with a team of researchers at Columbia University to look into cases of Covid 19 that return after Paxlovid treatment. He said they’ve found at least two instances in which people have transmitted to others when their infection recurs, reported CNN.
In one case, a 67-year-old man infected a 6-month-old after a half-hour near the child. The man was 12 days past his first positive Covid 19 test. He had taken a five-day course of Paxlovid and was feeling better. He didn’t have any symptoms when he saw the baby, who was his grandson, but about eight hours later, he started to feel ill again. The baby tested positive about three days later, as did both of his parents. Neither the baby nor its parents had any other close contacts before they got sick. “It indicates that you can transmit during rebound even before you develop symptoms,” Charness said. “And you know, we studied a small number of people. It’s certainly conceivable that there are other people out there who don’t have symptoms and still have a viral rebound,” as reported by CNN
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In the last 24 hours 30 new cases of contagion and 0 death caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are at 30 in the last 24 hours, while there were 0 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
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