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CDC to shorten COVID-19 quarantine to 10 days, 7 with negative test result
FILE - In this photo illustration Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website with people wearing facemasks is seen displayed on a smartphone with a background of a computer screen. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to shorten the recommended length of quarantine after exposure to someone who is positive for COVID-19, as the virus rages across the nation.According to a senior administration official, the new guidelines, which are set to be released as soon as Tuesday evening, will allow people who have come in contact to someone infected with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days, or 7 days if they receive a negative test result.