The incredible story of the young Colombian who has been testing positive for covid-19 for five months

Colombia has already exceeded one million infected by coronavirus, according to figures from the Ministry of Health, but within these cases one has attracted the attention of experts and doctors in the country.

RCN News found a woman who has been testing positive for Covid-19 for five months, as it continues to generate antibodies, so it has not been able to travel to New York, United States. Although doctors assure him that it is no longer contagious, his situation attracts the attention of epidemiologists.

The patient, who It has been almost five months with ten positive results, He says that since last May he had been suffering from staph, but on June 16 he felt a sore throat again, which is why he was tested for Covid, giving positive in the test.

The woman told the news that she never had to be admitted, but he did suffer from chest pains, fever, sore throat, headache and it was very difficult to breathe, losing breath, even when going to the bathroom.

The patient, whose identity is not revealed due to social stigmatization, spoke with Dr. Carlos Álvarez, Colombia’s representative to WHO and PAHO on this issue and an infectious disease specialist for the Sanitas Foundation and told him that despite the fact that He no longer has symptoms, his results are still positive.

They repeated the test about two more times and it was still positive and in mid-September I took the test again along with the antibody test since I had to travel to New York because it is my priority and again I came out positive and with an increase In my antibodies, I think it was Monday of this week, I took the test again trying to travel to New York, again I tested positive.

According to the infectologist consulted by the young woman, people with Covid-19 can infect two days before and ten days after presenting symptoms.

“It may be that it has some strands, corpses of the virus, which are there in the body but are not contagious nor do they produce symptoms again”, explained the expert.

He also said patients with this new virus can continue to test positive for up to 90 days after being infected.

The young woman says that this case has affected her academic life, since she studies in New York, but due to the results of her test, the airline does not let her travel to the United States.

“It is possible that it is necessary to make a PCR dispensation and explain in the medical certificate that this can happen and that the person is not contagious, and it is a key point to take into account,” said Álvarez.

The expert asked that airlines take into count cases like this so that everyone can live the new reality imposed by the coronavirus.

The figures in Colombia

This Saturday, October 24, Colombia entered the dishonorable group of eight countries in the world that have exceeded one million infections since the global pandemic began. According to the latest report from the Ministry of Health, there are 5,727 recovered, 8,769 new cases for this October 24 and 198 deaths

Pasture: On the same day, Colombia exceeds one million infections and reaches exactly 30 thousand deaths

In total, for the country, there are 907,379 recovered and 1,007,711 cases and the round number of 30,000 deaths.

On Thursday, April 2, 2020, the entire planet registered more than a million infected by covid-19 and about 50,000 deaths on the five continents. This Saturday, almost six months after this considerable figure, the planet reaches 42 million infected and 1,147,062 deaths as a result of SARS-CoV-2.