The CDC report was stricter about how to reopen businesses and institutions, and what to do in case of a coronavirus resurgence as states reopen.
Advice from the top U.S. disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions during theThe guidance, which was
It contains the kinds of specifics that officials need to make informed decisions, some experts said. From the start, CDC staffers working on the guidance were uncomfortable tying it specifically to reopening, and voiced their objections to the White House officials tasked with approving the guidance for release, according to a CDC official granted anonymity because they were not cleared to speak with the press.April 30, according to internal government emails and CDC sources who were granted anonymity because they were not cleared to speak to the press.
The shelved CDC guide advises communities to avoid all nonessential travel in phases of reopening until the last one, when cases are at the lowest levels. Even then, the CDC is cautious and advises only a “consideration” of the resumption of nonessential travel after 42 continuous days of declining cases of COVID-19.
The White House’s final reopening plan lacks guidance on how local communities can track information beyond positive cases. But the CDC document offers thoughts on how to plan for where case increases might occur more quickly, using demographic information.
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