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How soon you can get Covid? Experts say 28 days – Here's how to protect yourself

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COVID before will need to test after 28 days if they experience symptoms. If positive, they’ll be treated as new cases. Reinfection – testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID) after having recovered from a prior infection – is on the way up.

Reinfection made up 1% of all cases in the pre-Omicron period in England, but in recent weeks it comprised more than 25% of daily cases there and 18% in New York City.

We do not yet have comparative Australian data, but it will likely be a similar story, given the emergence of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants here.

These are more easily transmitted and able to cause breakthrough infection in those previously vaccinated or infected. Understanding our risk of reinfection at an individual level is easier if we break it down into four key factors: the virus, each person’s immune response to past infection, vaccination status, and personal protective measures.

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