California officials shorten COVID isolation time guidance as infections peak

California health officials shorten COVID isolation guidance as infections peak Under new guidance schools are advising that students who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms can continue to come to school if they wear masks indoors for 10 days after testing pos… ***@***.*** The Mercury News

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The California Department of Public Health says the new guidance — shortening the isolation period from five days to one — aligns COVID-19 recommendations with those for other circulating respiratory viruses such as influenza while acknowledging the disease poses a lower risk today with so many people having been vaccinated or recovered from past infection.

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