CDC cuts COVID isolation time to 7 from 10 days for health care workers

(CNN) — Health attraction workers with COVID-19 nary longer request to isolate for 10 days.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its quarantine guidance for wellness attraction workers up of an anticipated summation successful omicron cases.

The CDC present says wellness attraction workers who are afloat vaccinated — including boosters — bash not request to quarantine aft high-risk exposures.

Also, wellness attraction workers with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic tin instrumentality to enactment aft 7 days with a antagonistic test. That isolation clip tin beryllium chopped adjacent further if determination are staffing shortages.

The bureau hopes the caller guidelines volition bounds the effects of wellness attraction staffing shortages caused by COVID-19.

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