Short-Staffed Travel Companies Could Get Relief From CDC Quarantine Cut to 5 Days
Photo Credit: A CDC decision to cut quarantine times to five days for those asymptomatic Covid patients could help airlines and other on staffing shortages. Getty Images / David-Prado
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Just last week Delta Air Lines CEO asked the CDC to cut quarantine times, saying the "Omicron surge may exacerbate shortages and create significant disruptions.” That has certainly proven to be true in the past four days, and now U.S. health officials seem to get the message by cutting isolation time for the asymptomatic in half.
U.S. health authorities on Monday shortened the recommended time for isolation for asymptomatic Americans with COVID-19 to five days from the previous guidance of 10 days.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said the people who test positive after quarantining should follow five days of wearing a mask when
