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  • U.S. CDC drops quarantine, screening recommendations for COVID-19

    Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/us-cd...pped-1.6548657

    U.S. CDC drops quarantine, screening recommendations for COVID-19
    Health officials also say Americans no longer need to stay at least 6 feet apart
    The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 11, 2022 4:27 PM ET | Last Updated: August 11

    The top U.S. public health agency on Thursday relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said people no longer need to stay at least six feet away from others.

    The changes are driven by a recognition that — more than two and a half years since the start of the pandemic — an estimated 95 per cent of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected, agency officials said.

    "The current conditions of this pandemic are very different from those of the last two years," said the CDC's Greta Massetti, an author of the guidelines.

    In Canada, it's estimated that more than half of Canadians have been infected with COVID since December after the emergence of Omicron and its highly contagious subvariants, and more than 80 per cent of Canadians have had two doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

    The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) still recommends quarantining for 10 days upon entering Canada if travellers test positive at the border or have symptoms, but provincial public health restrictions vary across the country..
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