Covid-19 Recovered?

People have recovered from coronavirus in fayette county.

But what does recovered mean exactly?

Abc 36's cody adams spoke with the health department to find out more.

L3: coronavirus outbreak white what does recovered mean?

Lexington how does the health department determine exactly what it means to be recovered?

Kevin hall/ lfchd: people use the word recovery but really what we are doing is releasing people back into public activities because they're no longer infectious.

It's all based off of recomendations from the cdc.

Kevin hall/ lfchd: the guidelines have shifted.

We go by cdc recommendations and they have updated that since the start of the outbreak because they have more people to study and common.

It's laid out as ino this... for most persons with covid-19 illness, isolation and precautions can generally be discontinued 10 days after the first day of symptoms and no fever for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing medications, and with improvement of other symptoms. kevin hall/ lfchd:its not looking at people 100% to full health they may still have lingering issues but they are simply not at risk according to the cdc of infecting other.

And that's what's important.

We don't want anyone going out and spreading this to others.

New guidelines from the cdc say a negative test is no longer necessary.

Kevin hall/ lfchd: so just because you were positive and you need that second test to get back to work, that's really not the case.

Talk to your health department talk to your medical provider to see what other options you have to get back to work.

All of this means your local health departments play an even bigger role.

Kevin hall/ lfchd: what people don't understand is if you are considered infectious we are trying to check in with people on a daily basis, check on their symptoms and to just give them a little support.

In studio cody adams abc 36 news kentucky's secretary of state