Reports: CDC looks to shorten COVID-19 quarantine period

U.S. health officials are looking at shortening the recommended time a person should quarantine after potential exposure to the coronavirus, multiple reports said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends anyone who may have been exposed to the virus isolate themselves for 14 days. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reports the CDC is finalizing new guidance that would change that to between seven and 10 days, presuming the person has tested negative for COVID-19. The CDC is working to finalize the exact time period and what type of test a person would need to take to be considered COVID-negative under this scenario, WSJ reported. "If a test comes back negative, then their probability of going on and developing an infection after that is pretty low," CDC COVID-19 incident response manager Dr. Henry Walke said, according to WSJ. Full story: https://www.weareiowa.com/article/new... Download the We Are Iowa app: https://weareiowa.com/app Subscribe to Local 5's "5 Things to Know" newsletter: https://weareiowa.com/email 'Like' Local 5 on Facebook:   / weareiowa   Follow Local 5 on Twitter:   / weareiowa5news   Follow Local 5 on Instagram:   / weareiowa