1; Veronica Fialkowski, MPH1; Lauren Prinzing, MPH1; Jeffrey Trites, MS1; Patsy Kelso, PhD1; Mark Levine, MD1 (View author affiliations)Views equals page views plus PDF downloadsOn May 8, 2020, the Vermont Department of Health (VDH) issued a Health Update* recommending shortening the duration of quarantine for persons exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Exposed persons who were in quarantine could be tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on or after quarantine day 7. Those who had remained asymptomatic throughout quarantine and who received a negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result on or after day 7 could end quarantine.