Exposed to COVID? Here's a guide about when to get tested?
If you feel you are exposed to a novel coronavirus, the first reaction will be terrifying; you might be in a rush to get tested at once. You might want to skip every part of your routine, leave all the tasks behind, and get yourself tested. But a lot of people have dilemmas that if they get tested too soon will the virus get detected? Are there any chances that they might test negative initially but later patients might be positive? And if the patient waits for a long time to get tested, the patient's health deteriorates and there are greater risks involved too. When is the right time to take a test for COVID-19? Depending on the individual, the symptoms take time to develop and everybody might not be able to detect them in earlier stages. A negative early test may give you a false sense of security as you would start shedding the virus later on. So ideally, if a patient wants to get tested at an early stage, they can take up one test, and if it's negative - just t...