Vaccinated health care staff and other essential workers can return to work five days - rather than the previous 10 days - after a positive COVID-19 test if they meet certain safety standards.
"I think that's something that we're going to be considering" beyond New York, Fauci added.
Public health officials have worried that the highly infectious omicron variant, though it may cause milder illness, could once again overwhelm hospitals with the sheer number of patients getting sick.updated its guidance for health care workers with COVID-19 last week , saying they could return to work after seven days if they were asymptomatic and had a negative test.
"As the healthcare community prepares for an anticipated surge in patients due to Omicron, CDC is updating our recommendations to reflect what we know about infection and exposure in the context of vaccination and booster doses,"Fauci said easing quarantine guidance for the general population would be"under consideration" but added that the administration was currently focusing on getting essential workers back on the job.
"When you make vaccination a requirement, that's another incentive to get more people vaccinated," Fauci said."If you want to do that with domestic flights, I think that's something that seriously should be considered."
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