The agency's new guidance also moves away from anearlier recommendationon using test results to decide when to stop isolation after an infection. "While COVID-19 at-home testing can give a rough approximation of whether a person is still infectious, at-home testing for other respiratory viruses...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for COVID-19 – under which the virus that essentially shut down the world four years ago will be treated more like the flu. The new guidelinesend guidance for Americans tostay home for five daysafter testing...
What determines when a patient confirmed to have COVID-19 is no longer infectious? 怎么判定确诊患有COVID-19的患者何时不再具有传染性? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidance for physicians to decide when transmission-based precautions (e.g., isolation, use of pers...
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control changed their guidance on how long a person should stay in isolation for people who have tested positive for the virus but are showing no symptoms.
In December, the CDC reduced the isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 to five days from 10, if asymptomatic, followed by five days of wearing a mask when around others. The guidance did not include a negative test to leave isolation or quarantine.■...
CDC’s new guidance relies on hospital capacities, new cases and hospitalizations to determine what it calls “COVID-19 community levels.” Only in a “high” area do people need to wear masks indoors under the guidelines. Those at high risk for severe COVID-19 living in a ...
its updated guidance, the CDC said people who have recovered from the virus and have isolated for at least five days can take a rapid test if they want, but they don't have to — falling far short of making an outright recommendation to get a negative Covid test be...
The new guidance also does not advise quarantining people who've been exposed to Covid-19 but are not infected. But the guidance does keep some measures the same. It encourages testing for people with symptoms and their close contacts. It also says people who test positive should stay home ...
These two states — which have tended to take a more precautious approach to pandemic policies — are the first to break from federal guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends at least five days of isolation for anyone with Covid-19. Oregon change...
“In a recent CDC survey, less than half of people said they would use an at-home test for Covid If they had new cough or cold symptoms. And this is one of the main reasons that we’re targeting this guidance to