It takes 14 days for a neocoronavirus-confined person to be definitively infected because the incubation period for neocoronavirus infection can be as long as 14 days. If the incubation period passes before a positive test is taken, it means that the person is not infected, and if a positive test is taken during this incubation period, it means that the person is infected.
The incubation period of Neo-Crown virus is longer. The incubation period refers to the period of time after the patient is infected with the virus, when the virus replicates in the body and invades the body’s cells, and when the clinical symptoms finally appear, which is usually 3 to 7 days, and can be as long as 14 days. Therefore, Neo-Crown patients who are densely infected with Neo-Crown virus should show symptoms on the 14th day after densely infected at the latest.
Nucleic acid testing is required to clarify whether infection is present. Since the virus can become infectious during the incubation period, nucleic acid testing of infected individuals within 14 days will definitely detect a positive test, and if a positive test is not detected on the 14th day, infection can be basically ruled out.
In addition, if there is a second intimate contact after the intimate contact, then 14 days should be counted from the second intimate contact in order to determine whether infection has occurred.
Tip: In this article, “new coronavirus pneumonia” and “new coronavirus pneumonia” were renamed to “new coronavirus infection” on December 26, 2022, as announced by the National Health Commission.