The Texas Education Agency updated its guidelines on Jan. 7 and says the changes come as a result of updated CDC guidance.
Officials now say teachers and other staff can go back to school five days after their symptoms began as long as they don't have a fever and their symptoms have improved. Asymptomatic staff can go back five days after they tested positive. do not need to stay at home at all if they're fully vaccinated and boosted or if they had COVID-19 within the last 90 days. As omicron cases surge, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments over two separate vaccine mandates..
CDC officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that people with the coronavirus are most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptoms develop. The CDC also saysAt this point, no changes have been made to the quarantine period for students.
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