The 4 relatives of mine mentioned that were CoV-positive do show no symptoms. They are under authority-mandated quarantine "until we tell them otherwise/until revoked", but the authorities can not tell us how to get out of this quarantine.
Some people say that two nevative CoV-test results in a 48h-period are necessary, but getting those tests (would be 8 tests for those 4 people) in an 48h period seems to be impossible.
Update: All of my CoV-positive relatives are very well, and Male (80) just had light fever (~38,3 C) for 4 nights straight, but is now fever-free since two days ago (22.03.).
So all of them did neither show symptoms, nor had any health issues, with the exception of Male (80) with light fever.
> Your comment about not being older than 60 to get tested made me so angry and shows how fucked the US is.
This is not US-only. Here in Austria there are very strict rules on whom to test, and age is a big factor as well as having symptoms or not. Local authorities do decide on a case-by-case basis, and getting a test if you are not showing symptoms is really hard.
But on the other hand by taking these measures they try to not overwhelm the testing-labs, as they struggle to keep up with the demand for tests and want to keep the reporting-time as low as possible. A couple of days ago test results came back the next day, now (Saturday) they seem to slip to 3 days or more.
So restricting who get's a test and who doesn't seems like a good idea to begin with.
As for some context where these infections came from: There apparently was one "hot spot" in a famous Austrian ski resort, and there specifically in a famous local bar. The official rumor (in German: https://orf.at/#/stories/3157846/) is that the local barkeeper was infected, and infected many tourists that visited this bar, Austrians as well as tourists from abroad, especially Scandinavia.
Male (56) was in this ski resort for a week as well, though not in this particular bar as far as I know.
So it really seems that these measures to keep people at home and close up all "gathering spots" is the right way to tackle this!
I/we don't really know - there is not much direct information available from doctors/medical personell, as this still feels like everyone is "just learning/reading up on this" and still gathering all the information. Also, local authorities struggle to keep everything in order, meaning they try to contact/call everyone who had contact, but the people on the phone do also not have much information for you. But they do their best, for sure!
We got those phone calls from the local authorities about the test results yesterday/Thursday, and they couldn't really tell us about any medical details or what will happen. Will get in touch (haha!) with our local doctor on Monday, maybe he has some more info on the test results themselves, or if they could still be in the incubation period, what the next steps will be, etc.
For now anybody infected or anybody who was in direct contact for more than 15 minutes with them is in isolation at home, as per official order by the local authorities.
The amount of testing seems to be ramping up, but we also hear reports that results now take up to three days to get back, where we got the results for our tests (which happened on Wednesday and Thursday) on the next day.
As for symptoms: Male (56) fought quite hard to get one, as he had long direct contact with a positive-tested person. Male (80) got one because of "risk group" (age) and symptoms (light fever).
Have 4 family members that have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Austria:
- Male (56), no symptoms except weak voice
- Female (55), no symptoms
- Male (80), light fever (37,7C), weak voice
- Female (81), no symptoms
These cases are all connected, and we have talked with others that seem to have caught the same variant/mutation. None of them does really show symptoms, no hospitalizations, no real fever, and no hard breathing. Hope this is a light variant/mutation, and the situation stays the same for them.
The 4 relatives of mine mentioned that were CoV-positive do show no symptoms. They are under authority-mandated quarantine "until we tell them otherwise/until revoked", but the authorities can not tell us how to get out of this quarantine.
Some people say that two nevative CoV-test results in a 48h-period are necessary, but getting those tests (would be 8 tests for those 4 people) in an 48h period seems to be impossible.