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COVID-19: CDC Shortens Isolation Time For Asymptomatic Americans COVID-19: CDC Shortens Isolation Time For Asymptomatic Americans
Covid-19: CDC Shortens Isolation Time For Asymptomatic Americans The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has halved the number of days that those who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic have to isolate for. Instead of spending 10 days in quarantine, those who test positive for COVID-19 are looking at just five, health officials announced Monday, Dec. 27. The change was made due to growing evidence that the most infectious period is the two days before and three days after symptoms develop, the CDC said. So too, close contacts only have to quarantine for five days followed by strict mask use for an additional five days for th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Nearly A Dozen Cases Reported After Non-Sanctioned Events At Morris County HS COVID-19: Nearly A Dozen Cases Reported After Non-Sanctioned Events At Morris County HS
Covid-19: Nearly A Dozen Cases Reported After Non-Sanctioned Events At Morris County HS Madison High School officials are urging caution and continued compliance with COVID-19 restrictions after 11 positive cases were confirmed this week. The cases are tied to several social gatherings that were not school sanctioned last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Madison High School Principal Davis Drechsel said in a posted Thursday to the district’s website. Contact tracing has been completed, and close contacts have been identified and placed under proper quarantine guidelines, Drechsel said. “Moving forward, I urge everyone to recommit themselves to the behavior that is required to k…

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by Valerie Musson
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Warren County Senior Living Home Has 26 Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths Warren County Senior Living Home Has 26 Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths
Warren County Senior Living Home Has 26 Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths One senior living facility in Warren County has a total of 26 residents and staff members who tested positive for COVID-19, as well as several deaths from the virus, reports say. The Chelsea at Brookfield in White Township currently has 26 COVID-19 cases: 19 residents and seven staff members, officials said. Nine of the 19 residents with the virus have died in the past several weeks, officials said. Four of the seven staff members who were tested positive have since returned to work, and others continue to recover at home. The patients who died from the virus were in their 80s and 90s, of…

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by Valerie Musson