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COVID-19: CDC Expected To Shorten Quarantine Period For Virus COVID-19: CDC Expected To Shorten Quarantine Period For Virus
Covid-19: CDC Expected To Shorten Quarantine Period For Virus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be altering its guidance on how long someone exposed to COVID-19 should quarantine to avoid the spread of the virus. Currently, federal health officials are recommending that anyone who comes into contact with someone infected with COVID-19 quarantine for a minimum of 14 days. However, despite a new spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, officials are in the process of reducing that period to between seven and 10 days, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The logic behind the switch, according to the CDC, comes in…

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