The nation's top public health agency on Thursday relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
"The current conditions of this pandemic are very different from those of the last two years," said the CDC's Greta Massetti, an author of the guidelines.apply to everyone in the U.S., but the changes could be particularly important for schools, which resume classes this month in many parts of the country.
School districts across the U.S. have been scaling back their COVID-19 precautions in recent weeks even before the CDC relaxed its guidance.
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