Michigan health officials say they won’t adopt shorter federal COVID-19 isolation/quarantine guidelines until the review
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- Michigan says it won’t follow CDC’s more relaxed COVID-19 quarantine recommendationsShow Caption Hide Caption CDC shortens COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the changes were made based on “two years of science” about the virus.
- Rather, Michigan health leaders say they will continue to recommend previous, longer quarantine and isolation guidelines, including those for K-12 schools and congregate care settings.
- New daily COVID-19 cases smash record in MichiganMore: CDC cuts isolation time for Americans who test positive from 10 days to 5.
- If you have been exposed to someone who has COVID-19, but are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic: You do not have to quarantine.
- Testing, she said, also is a component that should have been included in the CDC’s new isolation and quarantine guidelines.