BREAKING CDC recommends shorter quarantine times for those who have COVID-19, as omicron variant causes more cases but less severe illness
President Biden announced a plan on Tuesday to distribute 500 million free at-home rapid tests to Americans beginning in January along with more COVID fighting strategy."Not all of those cases are going to be severe. In fact many are going to be asymptomatic," she told The Associated Press on Monday."We want to make sure there is a mechanism by which we can safely continue to keep society functioning while following the science.
It's possible other states will seek to shorten their isolation and quarantine policies, and CDC is trying to get out ahead of the shift."It would be helpful to have uniform CDC guidance" that others could draw from, rather than a mishmash of policies, Walensky said. -If you still have symptoms after isolating for five days, stay home until you feel better and then start your five days of wearing a mask at all times.The quarantine rules are for people who were in close contact with an infected person but not infected themselves.
Now the agency is saying only people who got booster shots can skip quarantine if they wear masks in all settings for at least 10 days.
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