Symptom-Based Strategy to Discontinue Isolation for Persons with COVID-19

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 5/3/2020. This guidance, updated on May 3, 2020, details how in the context of COVID-19 community transmission where continued testing is impractical, available evidence at this time indicates that an interim strategy based on time-since-illness-onset and time-since-recovery can be implemented to establish the end of isolation. (Text)
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