The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Monday recommended reducing the quarantine period for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients from ten days to five days. In an official statement, the CDC explained that the change is motivated by scientific evidence that most infections occur early in the disease, in the first and second days of symptom onset, and two to three days later.
Therefore, people who test positive should isolate themselves for five days if they are asymptomatic and, after that, continue wearing a mask for another five days to minimize the risk of transmitting the coronavirus.
The CDC has also updated its quarantine recommendations for anyone who has contact with an infected person. If those exposed to the virus are unvaccinated people or have been vaccinated for more than six months, or for more than 60 days in the case of a single dose of Janssen’s immunizing agent, it will also be necessary to be in quarantine for five days and then use a mask in any environment for another five.
Those who are within these deadlines or who have already received the booster vaccine should spend ten days with face protection at all times. And for everyone the CDC advises a coronavirus test soon after contact.
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