The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - an American institute of public health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it will soon issue new guidelines, reducing the number of days people seem to self-quarantine after being exposed to individuals with Covid.
The new guidelines recommend that quarantine should last for 7-10 days after exposure and not 14 days.
Individuals can end their quarantine after 7 days if they get a negative test, or after 10 days if they are not tested.
The CDC updated its definition of close patient contact with Covid-19 in late October to include "frequent and short exposures".
The current definition includes exposures, adding a total of 15 minutes, about 1.8 meters or closer to an infected person.
According to officials, the change came after reviewing some data for weeks.
Based on studies , people infected with coronavirus are more likely to transmit the virus in the first five days after the onset of symptoms. Generally, a person is considered safe to transmit the virus when they meet the following criteria:
- 10 days have passed from the day when the first symptoms appeared;
- have spent 24 hours without fever and chills as well as without using medications to lower the temperature.
- coronavirus symptoms are improving
Health experts continued to stress the importance of measures to reduce the number of infections worldwide. The use of masks, social distancing, frequent hand washing and staying away from crowds always remain important.
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Source: CNN
