On Monday, driven by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans from 10 to 5 days and also shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.
This comes off the premise that people with coronavirus are most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptoms develop.
Experts have been calling for the change for months, because shorter isolation and quarantine periods appeared to be sufficient to slow the spread, said Lindsay Wiley, an American University public health law expert, as reported by AP News.
The change is aimed at people who are asymptomatic. People who experience symptoms during isolation or quarantine are encouraged to stay home.
What to know about these new recommendations (as reported by AP News):
For isolation:
Note: the recommendations are the same for people unvaccinated, partly vaccinated, fully vaccinated or boosted.
For quarantine:
Note: the recommendations are for people who have been in contact with somebody who is infected.
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