"Since children have gone back to school in person and people are resuming pre-pandemic behaviors and activities, there is the potential for increased risk of exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19," Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccines official, said in astatement. The FDA said ...
CDC’s Critical Infrastructure Guidance advises that “critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, provided they remain asymptomatic, they have not had a positive test result for COVID-19, and ...
Previously, the CDC recommended that "all close contactsof persons with SARS-CoV-2 [coronavirus] infection" be tested, due to "the potential for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission." Revisions made on August 24, however, suggest that only certain groups needed to be tested after exposu...
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Individuals who have received their booster shot do not need to quarantine following an exposure, but should wear a mask for 10 days after the exposure, said the CDC. "The Omicron variant is spreading quickly and has the potential to impact all facets of our society. CDC's updated recommenda...
The revised guidance is a significant departure from prior CDC guidance which provided that, to ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, asymptomatic critical infrastructure workers could generally be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19, so...
The CDC's potential shift follows similar actions already taken by Oregon and California. Still, easing COVID isolation guidance when the science around the virus' infectiousness hasn't changed could angervulnerable groups, CDC officials and experts told the Post. ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 recommendations to state that testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection is now optional for asymptomatic people, regardless of potential personal exposure. "You do not necessarily need a test unless you are vulnerable individual or your...
As the post-holiday surge of COVID-19 cases has eased and the number of vaccinations is increasing, some states have started to roll back mask mandates, but it is “absolutely” too early to do so, said Walensky, when asked about the issue on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “...
This not only left them incapable of detecting community spread, it ignored potential cases who had travelled to other countries with known COVID-19 outbreaks. By2020-02-13, this had been amended to include The criteria are intended to serve as guidance for evaluation. Patients should be evalua...