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How Long Does It Take To Recover From COVID-19?

If you have COVID-19 or suspect you do, here's what doctors say about what to expect and when you can stop isolating.
Coronavirus symptoms vary person to person, as does the length of the infection. If you're sick, use caution when deciding to leave isolation.

Around the world, COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to grow each day. Yet, there are also more than 440,000 people globally who have recovered to date.

For those who have had the illness, recovery can be a slow journey. And even after you're feeling better, there can be a period of uncertainty. After days or weeks of isolation, you may be eager to see family again and even step foot into the outer world. But how soon is too soon? And how do you know when you're no longer infectious?

For answers, we've turned to several experts, including two doctors who both got diagnosed with COVID-19 in mid-March and have since recovered. Rosny Daniel, 32, an emergency department doctor at the University of California, San Francisco, is back on the job and feeling "completely back to normal." And , a pediatric cardiologist, says he's feeling "100%" and also back to work after quarantining himself away from his family.

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