CDC Cuts COVID-19 Quarantine, Isolation Time for Health Care Workers to Ease Staffing Shortages

CDC Cuts COVID-19 Quarantine, Isolation Time for Health Care Workers to Ease Staffing Shortages
Health care workers care for a patient in Coronado, Calif., on May 7, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday released updated guidance for isolation and quarantine, cutting the length of time health care workers need to do so amid an increase in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

As of Monday, Omicron makes up at least 73 percent of new cases in the United States, according to the CDC.

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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
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