CDC Says COVID-19 Quarantines Can Be Cut to 7 or 10 Days
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CDC Says COVID-19
Quarantines Can Be
Cut to 7 or 10 Days.
On Dec. 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) issued a revised guidance on COVID-19 quarantines. .
According to the new guidance,
the standard 14-day quarantine
can be shortened to seven or ten days. .
Seven days is sufficient if the person tests negative for COVID-19 at some point during the sixth or seventh day. .
Ten days is okay if a person has been properly
monitoring potential symptoms and is no
longer displaying any of them. .
In an anonymous statement, a senior federal official
said that they hope a shortened quarantine period will help alleviate the “burden” of a two-week quarantine rule. .
The CDC also reportedly hopes that a new, shorter
policy would encourage “higher compliance.” .
If a person is willing to be more
compliant with a shorter quarantine,
they may also be more willing to share
the names of potential contacts …, John Brooks, CDC Coronavirus Response, via ‘The Washington Post’.
However, the official also noted that
the “reduction in burden” was being made
in exchange for “some risk.” .
We are accepting some risk in
exchange for reduction in burden that will
allow us to better control this epidemic, Anonymous Senior Federal Official, via ‘The Washington Post’
Quarantines Can Be
Cut to 7 or 10 Days.
On Dec. 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) issued a revised guidance on COVID-19 quarantines. .
According to the new guidance,
the standard 14-day quarantine
can be shortened to seven or ten days. .
Seven days is sufficient if the person tests negative for COVID-19 at some point during the sixth or seventh day. .
Ten days is okay if a person has been properly
monitoring potential symptoms and is no
longer displaying any of them. .
In an anonymous statement, a senior federal official
said that they hope a shortened quarantine period will help alleviate the “burden” of a two-week quarantine rule. .
The CDC also reportedly hopes that a new, shorter
policy would encourage “higher compliance.” .
If a person is willing to be more
compliant with a shorter quarantine,
they may also be more willing to share
the names of potential contacts …, John Brooks, CDC Coronavirus Response, via ‘The Washington Post’.
However, the official also noted that
the “reduction in burden” was being made
in exchange for “some risk.” .
We are accepting some risk in
exchange for reduction in burden that will
allow us to better control this epidemic, Anonymous Senior Federal Official, via ‘The Washington Post’