In the US, the Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reduced the recommended self-isolation period for coronavirus infection from 10 days to 5 days.

According to the CDC website, the changes were introduced after it became clear that in most cases the transmission of coronavirus occurs at an early stage of the disease:

usually one to two days before the onset of symptoms and two to three days after.

"

At the same time, CDC director Rochelle Walenski clarified that the recommendations have been updated, including due to the rapid spread of Omicron..

" Prevention is our best option: get vaccinated, get boosted, put on a mask, "

Earlier in the United States said that a new strain of coronavirus " However, its transmissibility still threatens hospital overcrowding..