As a surge of COVID-19 cases plagues Los Angeles County, new federal guidelines have reduced quarantine times for those who test positive.
a change in the recommended isolation time for both people who test positive with COVID-19 and people who come in close contact with someone who has tested positive.“Most people are going to be infectious in those first two days — the pre-symptomatic stage,” said Dr. Michael Daignault, from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. “And then for the next three days after that.”
“They’re trying to do science-based, evidence-based guidelines,” added Daignault. “And No. 2 they’re trying to balance the operational needs of different industries, like healthcare, airline industries.”This may also come due to the fact that the Omicron variant, now the driving variant in the world, is less symptomatic and virulent, and in many cases asymptomatic altogether.
With numbers on a steady rise throughout the nation, dozens of live events, sporting events and holiday celebrations have been canceled over recent weeks. Health experts suggest that those numbers are just the beginning of what may be the largest case numbers we’ve seen throughout the entire course of the pandemic.
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