CDC Says COVID-19 <br />Quarantines Can Be <br />Cut to 7 or 10 Days.<br />On Dec. 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />(CDC) issued a revised guidance on COVID-19 quarantines. .<br />According to the new guidance,<br />the standard 14-day quarantine<br />can be shortened to seven or ten days. .<br />Seven days is sufficient if the person tests negative for COVID-19 at some point during the sixth or seventh day. .<br />Ten days is okay if a person has been properly<br />monitoring potential symptoms and is no<br />longer displaying any of them. .<br />In an anonymous statement, a senior federal official<br />said that they hope a shortened quarantine period will help alleviate the “burden” of a two-week quarantine rule. .<br />The CDC also reportedly hopes that a new, shorter<br />policy would encourage “higher compliance.” .<br />If a person is willing to be more<br />compliant with a shorter quarantine,<br />they may also be more willing to share<br />the names of potential contacts …, John Brooks, CDC Coronavirus Response, via ‘The Washington Post’.<br />However, the official also noted that<br />the “reduction in burden” was being made<br />in exchange for “some risk.” .<br />We are accepting some risk in<br />exchange for reduction in burden that will<br />allow us to better control this epidemic, Anonymous Senior Federal Official, via ‘The Washington Post’
