Asymptomatic COVID patients in US can isolate for only five days
CDC recommendations open the way for people to return to work sooner, minimising the prospect of mass labour shortages. United States health authorities on Monday halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic COVID-19, as President Joe Biden warned Americans not to panic amid a surge of cases threatening wider social disruption. Speaking about the rapidly spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, Biden said some US hospitals could be “overrun”, but the country is generally well prepared to meet the latest surge. Omicron now the dominant strain With Omicron now the country’s dominant strain, more than 200,000 daily cases were recorded over the past two days, quickly approaching records set last January. “We have to do more.” The United States has recorded the world’s highest national pandemic toll, with more than 816,000 recorded COVID deaths and 52 million cases.
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