CDC likely to change length of coronavirus quarantine recommendation
by Mike Brest, Breaking News Reporter |
| November 25, 2020 08:44 AM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is likely going to reduce the recommended quarantine length, and it could be reduced by half.
The CDC currently recommends individuals exposed to someone with COVID-19 to quarantine for 14 days. However, health officials are considering reducing the length of isolation, according to NPR.
On Tuesday, Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said health officials were rethinking that recommendation, citing "a preponderance of evidence that a shorter quarantine complemented by a test might be able to shorten that quarantine period."
"We are actively working on that type of guidance right now, reviewing the evidence, but we want to make absolutely sure," he said, adding, "These kind of recommendations aren't willy nilly."
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