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Coronavirus patients are most infectious in the first few days when symptoms are mild, experts say NewsColony CORONAVIRUS patients are most infectious during the first few days when symptoms are mild, experts have said. It comes as the government advised people with persistent coughs or a mild fever to stay at home for a week. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates 6 A man wearing a protective face mask is seen outside of the Houses of Parliament Credit: Reuters 6 Boris Johnson announced that Britain has moved to the ‘delay’ phase in the coronavirus battle Credit: PA:Press Association Experts said “peak shredding” – when a person with the deadly bug is most infectious – typically occurs within five days of getting the disease, and patients emit 1,000 times more virus than during peak shredding of a Sars infection. This helps to explain why Covid 19 has spread so rapidly across the globe, with 134,000 cases and 4,971 deaths across 127 cou...