When shall you get tested for COVID-19?

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 As you have seen in our previous post about all the COVID-19 symptoms, if you have any of these symptoms it is best for you to get tested.  Even if you don't display the symptoms of COVID-19 and  if you have been exposed to people who have symptoms or have the virus, you should immediately get tested. If you have been tested and you are waiting for the results you should stay isolated until you get the result to be safe so that no-one else gets the virus incase you are positive. In places with less testing capacity, people who are at higher risk of the virus like doctors and senior citizens shall get tested first before anyone else.

Website Referred to: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses



Image From: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-test-what-you-need-to-know



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