WHO Recommends Seven Day Quarantine for COVID-19 Exposed After Negative Test
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(Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday shortened the recommended quarantine duration for people exposed to the coronavirus, saying those who test negative can now end quarantine after seven days instead of 14 previously.
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday shortened the recommended quarantine duration for people exposed to the coronavirus, saying those who test negative can now end quarantine after seven days instead of 14 previously.
Where testing to shorten quarantine is not possible, quarantine may be ended after day 10 without testing if the contact presents no symptoms, the agency said in its new interim guidance.
(Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Gareth Jones)
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in December 2019. It can lead to severe respiratory symptoms and has resulted in a global pandemic.
A negative test result indicates that a person has not tested positive for a specific disease, such as COVID-19, suggesting they are not currently infected with the virus.
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