The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - an American institute of public health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services - is considering recommending shorter quarantine periods.
This difference is that it is actually good news from the public point of view, with the possibility that days of self-isolation can go somewhere between 7 and 10 days, instead of 2 weeks.
Officials such as CDC director Robert Redfield and one of the directors of the agency for Covid-19, Henry Walke, along with other public health officials, appreciate this recommendation regarding human behavior.
"We think that from the work we have done, from some of the studies we have and the data, it shows that we can, through testing, reduce quarantines," Walke said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Previously, it took days, even weeks, to get the test answer. Testing is improving and this is being considered by the CDC in relation to self-isolation. Rapid testing is likely to have a positive impact. Recall that the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu, said yesterday (November 25) that rapid testing will be included within December.
According to 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.
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