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HIQA virus incubation period review looked at 15 studies

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The Health Information and Quality Authority has published its evidence review behind the decision to reduce the incubation period for people who test positive in the community for Covid-19 from 14 days to ten.

It examined 15 international studies. Dr Máirín Ryan, HIQA deputy CEO, said that from the evidence, it found that patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 disease are unlikely to be infectious beyond ten days from their first symptoms.

However, she said that some limited evidence from a small number of studies found that patients with severe-to-critical symptoms and those who are immunocompromised may be infectious for 20 days or more.

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