Suara.com – The finding of positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 will not stop at just one person who is declared infected. That’s why it’s also important to track people who have met face-to-face with Covid-19 patient for approximately the last 14 days.
If you are included in close contact Covid-19 patients, don’t panic. Ideally, do a swab test immediately PCR to determine whether you are infected or not. But if you can’t do PCR, the doctor recommends something else.
“If we talk about close contact, the first thing that needs to be done is a physical examination to determine whether or not the person is infected with Covid-19. If, for example, this cannot be done, it can be temporarily quarantined, not in contact with other people,” he said. internal medicine specialist dr. Jerry Nasaruddin, Sp.PD., in a live broadcast of Health Radio of the Ministry of Health, Monday (19/7/2021).
Whether he is symptomatic or not, once he finds out that he is in close contact with a Covid-19 patient, Doctor Jerry emphasized that he must immediately distance himself from other people to prevent further spread of the corona virus. Meanwhile, the lag time for the onset of symptoms in each person is also different.
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“Between 2 to 14 days, only on average on day 3 to day 5. So you can quarantine for 5 days. If there are symptoms, immediately do PCR to ask for medical help,” he advised.
The doctor at Fatmawati Hospital reminded that breaking the chain of transmission of the corona virus could only happen if the infected people did not mingle with other people who were still healthy. Especially with the various variants of the virus that currently exist, it also has the ability to spread quickly.
Even if they do PCR and are confirmed positive for Covid-19, Doctor Jerry said, don’t take the initiative yourself to self-isolate at home. Because the decision must be made by the doctor by adjusting the symptoms and health conditions of the patient.
“Patients who are allowed to self-isolate are only patients who are asymptomatic or asymptomatic and in mild COVID-19 conditions. However, it is better for the doctor to determine the condition, so that the condition really does not fall into the moderate, severe or critical category,” he said
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