The CDC is developing guidance that will recommend coronavirus patients no longer be retested to prove they have cleared the disease — a move that comes amid a nationwide testing crunch
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“This is a remnant of very early on when we had cruise ships and people in quarantine that said the first way to get out of quarantine was to have two negative tests 24 hours apart,” HHS testing czar Brett Giroir told reporters Thursday. “That is no longer needed, and it is medically unnecessary.”He said that most patients can emerge from isolation after three days without symptoms, as long as it has been at least 10 days since their symptoms began.
Quest Diagnostics announced Monday average turnaround times for non-priority coronavirus testing are now in excess of one week, adding that the situation will not improve until the virus’ spread slows.
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