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KOMPAS.com – The spread of Covid-19 within families after a family member is infected is “common”.

The findings are the result of a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Launch CNN, Friday (30/10/2020), people exposed to or suspected of being infected with Covid-19 must be isolated before being tested and before the test results come out to protect other family members in the house.

In addition, all family members must wear masks at all times in shared rooms.

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The infection occurs within a few days

Study from CDC this was done by following 101 people who were initially infected with Covid-19 in Nashville, Tennessee, and Marshfield, Wisconsin, between April and September 2020.

Together with the 191 people living in their household, infected people are trained to be able to take their own samples every day for 14 days.

In addition, each person should fill in a logbook with a diary of the symptoms indicated.

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The results of the study show that transmission is rapid. The reason is, more than half of people (53 percent) of people living with Covid-19 patients are infected within one week.

This exposure occurs, both in children and adults.

The rate of Covid-19 infection in households (53 percent) is also said to be higher than the usual rate of other infections, which is only 20-40 percent.

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“The important finding in this study is that less than half of infected household members reported symptoms when infection was first detected,” write the study results.

Many of the exposed family members did not report any symptoms for 7 days.

These conditions are highlighted reasons for asymptomatic secondary contact and the importance of quarantine.

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Preventive measures

In Indonesia itself, the family cluster has also become a concern.

The family cluster shows that Covid-19 has penetrated into the smallest unit in society.

Coupled with the needs of family members to meet basic needs, such as working outside the home, infection prevention awareness and knowledge is absolutely necessary.

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Spokesperson for the Covid-19 Task Force at Sebelas Maret University Hospital, Tonang Dwi Ardyanto said, there are several things that need to be considered if you feel yourself symptomatic, or have tested positive for Covid-19.

Tonang said, the first thing that must be done immediately is self-isolation according to the guidelines from the Ministry of Health which can be downloaded in full here.

“Then, notify the local health center or health office, and give a list of people who had been in close contact since 2 days before symptoms developed or a swab was taken which gave positive results,” said Tonang as quoted by Antara. Kompas.com, 7 September 2020.

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Tonang said, if the symptoms you feel increase, then immediately contact the hospital for more adequate treatment. This is also done if there are family members who are symptomatic, or have tested positive for Covid-19.

“Healthy family members take the role of contact and communication to related parties. Then, supervise the progress of independent isolation of sick family members,” said Tonang.

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