American Military News by Mario Parker - Bloomberg News April 09, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is changing its guidance for workers in critical industries, including food supply and health care, to say that the people exposed to the coronavirus should return to work if they don’t have symptoms of the illness.
“One of the most important things we can do is keep our critical workforce working,†CDC Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday at a White House press briefing.
The CDC’s guidance has been that workers exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus should self-quarantine for 14 days. Now, the agency says those workers should return to work as long as they have no symptoms of the disease, wear a face mask, practice social distancing and monitor their body temperature for fever.
Redfield urged those workers not to remain at work if they feel sick, and to refrain from congegrating in break rooms or crowded places.
Vice President Mike Pence, speaking at the same briefing, said the new guidance “will hopefully make it clear that there would be an opportunity for those people playing such an incredible role in our nation’s response to be able to return to work and to be able to do so safely.â€
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