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The shift mirrors quarantine and isolation guidance the center updated for health care workers and the general public earlier this week
Boston School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius helped dismiss children at the Nathan Hale Elementary School in Boston after substitute teaching there on Jan. 5.(Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for how students, teachers and school staff should quarantine and isolate if they test positive or have been exposed to the coronavirus – shortening its recommendation from 10 days to five days.
The shift mirrors quarantine and isolation guidance the center updated for health care workers and the general public earlier this week. It comes as the highly transmissible omicron variant is shuttering a growing number of schools, which are struggling to keep buildings staffed and recording significant student absences due to mounting infections.
"I know that many teachers and parents have concerns about the omicron variant," CDC Director Rochelle Walenksy said on a press call Friday. "Coming back after the holiday break, many schools returned to virtual learning because of a surge in COVID-19 cases in their communities, largely due to the omicron variant."
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