It certainly seems like when symptoms go away, infectious virus disappears.
And that means you’re probably incredibly unlikely to transmit the virus to anyone else, Pekosz said.
But a few existing studies suggest people are unlikely to remain infectious after 10 days.
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The Japanese study showed people were most infectious with Omicron three to six days after symptom onset.
Still, experts say there’s not a big difference between an Omicron infection and a Delta infection.
But youcanget a sense of which variant you’re likely infected with by looking at a CDC dashboard.
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