People who have Covid-19 They can shorten the isolation from 10 to five days as long as they are asymptomatic, the US health authorities announced Monday.
The time of isolation for unvaccinated contacts of positive cases.
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), the main health agency in the United States, said in a statement that “this change is justified by science,” according to which most infections occur in the two days before and three after the onset of symptoms.
“These updates allow everyone to get on with their life safely,” said Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, in a statement.
The variant Omicron, much more contagious, is the majority in the United States and the number of cases has increased exponentially in the country to more than 200,000 daily in the last two days, thus approaching the record of last January.
The US authorities fear that some economic sectors will be paralyzed due to a lack of labor.
However, the health agency advises asymptomatic people to wear the mask for the next five days.
For unvaccinated contacts of a positive of Covid-19, the isolation time is also reduced from 14 to 5 days, but it is recommended that they wear a mask rigorously for another five.
Close contacts who are vaccinated do not need to be isolated.
CDC recommendations serve as a benchmark and are widely followed in the United States, but are not a federal obligation.
The sharp increase in cases in the country and the periods of isolation that they entail have forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights in recent days.
On Monday morning, the president Joe Biden acknowledged that some hospitals in the country were “overwhelmed in terms of equipment and personnel”, but asked “do not panic.”
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx