When are you most contagious with Covid?

So if you are infected with the virus how soon after will you start to be contagious?

The time from exposure to the virus before symptoms appear (known as the incubation period) is thought to be between two to 14 days.

But symptoms normally appear within four or five days after exposure.

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If someone is infected with Covid they may start to become contagious within 48 hours before starting to experience symptoms.

This is concerning as Harvard Medical School say people may be most likely to spread Covid to others during the 48 hours before they develop symptoms.

Source: Daily Express