The U.S. CDC recently published a Research Letter that determined the optimal quarantine duration after a person is exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus variant known as Omicron.
These researchers with South Korea’s CDC evaluated the time from exposure to diagnosis for 107 close contacts of Omicron patients.
They found the average time from exposure to diagnosis was 3.7 days.
Furthermore, 70% of diagnoses were made on day 5 and 99.1% by day 10, suggesting a 10-day quarantine protocol is appropriate.
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