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CDC Loosens COVID Guidelines on Quarantine, Testing and Screening

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The agency “acknowledges that the pandemic is not over, but also helps us move to a point where COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives,” it said.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday updated its guidelines for fighting the novel coronavirus, saying it would no longer recommend restrictive measures like quarantining after exposure to an infected person, social distancing, and testing to screen for symptoms.

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