The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as adults.
that the guidelines allowed people to leave isolation without getting tested to see if they were still infectious. designed to address those — and other — questions about the latest recommendations. The new guidance applies to school children as well as adults, the CDC said, responding to questions raised by school leaders around the country. for the revisions, the agency said more than 100 studies from 17 countries indicate that most transmission happens early in an infection.
It did offer tips for those who have access to the tests and want to check themselves before leaving isolation. “We do need to come up with a strategy that limits isolation time, but we don’t want it to be one that’s adding to the spread of the virus and unwittingly leading to the virus circulating,” he said.
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