O ran cleifion sydd wedi cael COVID-19, y pwynt allweddol mewn perthynas â’u rhyddhau yw heintusrwydd. Gwyddom bellach mai’r dangosyddion gorau o ddiwedd heintusrwydd yw treigl amser a gwellhad o ran symptomau, gyda phrofion yn chwarae rôl gadarnhau. Mae’n hanfodol yn awr yn fwy nag erioed nad yw pobl nad ydynt bellach yn heintus gyda COVID-19 yn cael eu cadw’n amhriodol mewn lleoliadau gofal iechyd. Gallwn nawr ddweud gyda hyder nad yw person sy’n cael canlyniad prawf gyda rhif Trothwy Cylch (Ct) o 35 neu uwch yn heintus bellach ac felly gall fynd adref neu i leoliad gofal cymdeithasol heb risg o heintio eraill gyda COVID-19, a heb angen ynysu am gyfnod o amser.
For patients who have had COVID-19, the key point in relation to discharge is infectivity. We now know that the best indicators of cessation of infectivity are lapse of time and remission of symptoms, with a test playing a confirmatory role. It is essential now, more than ever, that people who are no longer infectious with COVID-19 are not inappropriately retained in health care settings. We can now say with confidence that a person who has a test result with a Cycle Threshold (Ct) number of 35 or above is no longer infectious and therefore can return to their home or a social care setting without posing a risk of COVID-19 to others, or facing the need to isolate for a period of time.