Articles / How long do you remain infectious when you have coronavirus?
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Epidemiologist; Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, a small proportion of Australians infected have now died, while most have either recovered, or are likely to recover over the next few weeks.
One thing many of us want to know is for how long people who have SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are able to pass it on to someone else.
Let’s look at what the science tells us so far.
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