Health & Fitness
More Ridgefield Youth Testing Positive For Coronavirus
The Ridgefield health director is warning that more youngsters are testing positive for COVID-19.
RIDGEFIELD, CT — More and more young residents are testing positive for COVID-19, according to a new report from Ridgefield Health Director Ed Briggs.
"The last 10 positive tests were reported for patients ranging in age from less than one-year to 86 with the majority in their 20s, 30s and 40s," said Briggs. "This suggests that younger folks are getting out more and may be getting a little careless with precautions such as social distancing and mask wearing."
Briggs revealed his findings in a news release from the Ridgefield Office of Emergency Management.
A person is considered "infectious" from two days before the time symptoms appear and for a period of ten days, he said. Anyone who has had unprotected contact with that patient during the ten-day infectious period is required to begin a self-quarantine that lasts for 14 days until after the last contact with the infected person.
Briggs provided this example in the news release: "Assume John feels a bit sick on July 1 with a fever. He calls the family doctor on July 2 and is sent for a test that day. The test report comes back on July 5 with bad news — John has CV-19. The infectious period would be from June 30 until July 8. If his girlfriend, Jill, visited him on July 4, she must self-quarantine for 14 days after her last visit with John (or until July 18)."
While this is typical infectious times have sometimes been longer, according to Briggs.
