Explaining the New CDC Guidance on What To Do if You Have COVID-19

Explaining the New CDC Guidance on What To Do if You Have COVID-19

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Q: Is one day isolation sufficient to stop forward transmission of COVID-19? 

A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing positive. New guidance from the CDC advises people to isolate until they have been fever-free and with symptoms improving for at least 24 hours, and then take precautions for five days, which covers the period when “most people are still infectious.”

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 1 updated its guidance on preventing the spread of respiratory viruses,

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