The CDC's deputy director for infectious diseases urges Americans to use face coverings and adhere to social distancing guidelines ahead of the holiday season, saying that doing so is 'important as it's ever been…as we move into the fall season.'
CDC officials host rare briefing in Atlanta: 'I recognize that we are all getting tired'
Butler called out what he said was a"distressing trend" of increasing cases caused by people moving indoors and attending small family gatherings. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , speaks during a news conference at the CDC Roybal Campus in Atlanta, Oct. 21, 2020.
Redfield added that the CDC also is looking at whether testing can be used to shorten the length of a person's quarantine following exposure.
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