US EditionU.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19
- The CDC states parents can treat COVID-19 like other respiratory illnesses, ending isolation requirements and masking.
- Uncertainty remains whether schools and child care centers will follow the new CDC guidelines.
- The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on schools and child care continues, with changes in handling the virus sparking debate and concern.
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CDC’s new COVID guidelines raise concerns locally
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Local leaders are expressing their concerns, after the CDC dropped the 5-day isolation guidelines for people who test positive for Covid-19. 22News spoke with Representative Bud Williams, who was hosting a free community vaccination clinic in Springfield. He says access to vaccines is already a difficulty for residents in gateway cities like Springfield, and that changing guidance could make more people sick. Williams…
Local experts react after CDC drops 5-day COVID-19 isolation guidelines
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On March 1, 2020, New York State had its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Now four years to the day later, the CDC said the disease is no longer the public health threat it once was. For the first time since 2021, the CDC is loosening its COVID isolation recommendations. From now on people who test positive for the virus no longer have to quarantine for five days. “You should not interpret this guidance as we're done with…
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