CDC reduces COVID exposure quarantine time to 10 days with no symptoms - CBS News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new quarantine guidelines for people who were exposed to coronavirus, reducing the length of time from 14 days to 10 days without symptoms or seven days with no symptoms and a negative test.

Officials said the shorter time period is intended to encourage more people to quarantine. .

"Reducing the length of quarantine may encourage more people to do so, especially when they may not be able to work during quarantine time," CDC's COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr.

"As we learn more about the virus, we continue to refine our guidance," Walke said, emphasizing that everyone should quarantine if they are exposed — or are concerned about exposure — to the coronavirus.

He added that people should continue to monitor themselves for symptoms for 14 days after exposure — even if they end quarantine sooner. .

John Brooks, chief medical officer for the CDC, when quarantine is reduced to 10 days, the "residual risk" of someone exposing someone else after leaving quarantine is only about 1%.

"All of these point to the same thing — that a person leaving quarantine early could expose someone else.

"And when you have a 14-day quarantine period, that's such a long period of time that a lot of people aren't going to follow that anyway, and it makes it difficult to adhere to recommendations.

So putting in place a 10-day quarantine period, even a seven-day quarantine period, you're going to capture the vast majority of infections within that time frame.".