The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday relaxed its recommendation of a two-week quarantine period for anyone exposed to Covid-19, announcing “two acceptable alternatives” that public health officials believe may draw more compliance from the American people. ... [+]Corbis via Getty ImagesWhile a full two weeks of isolation is still recommended as the best way to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19, the CDC’s virus incident manager, Dr.
These recommendations apply to people who qualify as “close contacts” of someone infected with Covid-19, “someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset.” The CDC’s previous two-week recommendation stemmed from what scientists originally believed to be the incubation period of the virus.show the median incubation of Covid-19 is five days, but some patients only see symptoms after two weeks.
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