This huge development could make coronavirus quarantines shorter

[Chris Smith]

• UK officials are considering shortening coronavirus quarantine following contact with an infected individual to 10 days with the help of a fast new COVID-19 test.
• The quarantine period would be reduced by four days if a person tests negative on day 8 or later. However, a positive test would require eight additional days of isolation.
• The introduction of fast tests might also change quarantine rules that are in effect for people traveling to the UK, pending a successful development in England’s Liverpool mass-testing experiment.

The CDC says you should quarantine for 14 days after your last contact with a person who has COVID-19. According to the same guidelines, people infected with the novel coronavirus should stay in isolation for 10 days. Studies have shown that a person is most infectious about two days before the onset of symptoms and for several days after symptoms appear.

After nearly a year of living with the virus, many people have already experienced at least one COVID-19 scare that forced them into quarantine. As the virus is spreading rapidly, many others will have to deal with quarantines and isolation in the weeks and months to come. But the UK might be the first to change the quarantine period. If a current trial in Liverpool is successful, the quarantine period might be shortened by four days for people who have come in contact with a COVID-19 carrier.

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