A Quantitative Estimate of the Expected Shortening of the Median Isolation Period of Patients With COVID-19 After the Adoption of a Symptom-Based Strategy

• Main Authors: Francesca Bai (Author), Alessandro Tavelli (Author), Giovanni Mulè (Author), Camilla Falcinella (Author), Debora Mondatore (Author), Daniele Tesoro (Author), Diletta Barbanotti (Author), Daniele Tomasoni (Author), Roberto Castoldi (Author), Matteo Augello (Author), Marina Allegrini (Author), Gianmarco Tagliaferri (Author), Andrea Cona (Author), Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri (Author), Giulia Marchetti (Author), Antonella d'Arminio Monforte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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A long period of isolation was observed in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Milan over March-September 2020 (45; IQR: 37-54 days). A significantly shorter period would have been observed by the application of May-WHO (22, IQR: 17-30 days, P < 0.001) and October-Italian (26, IQR: 21-34 days,...