CDC Cuts Recommended Quarantine Time In Half

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGLES (CBSLA) — The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a change in the recommended isolation time for both people who test positive with COVID-19 and people who come in close contact with someone who has tested positive.

The recommended quarantine time has been cut in half, from 10 days to 5.

Based on new findings, the CDC reported evidence that supports that people who have Coronavirus – any of the variants – are most immediately contagious for the two days before, and the three days after they come down with symptoms.

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