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CDC is updating the recommended quarantine period for those exposed to COVID-19. For people who are unvaccinated

Labour is calling for the government now to publish all relevant data and scientific advice, they say to reassure the public that borisjohnson isntjust capitulating to his own party. theres often been a spirit of goodwill during the covid crisis but you cant entirely keep politics out of a pandemic. the us health authorities have halved the recommended isolation 0ne one of the braze is the amount of people self isolating. this next ray might be of interest here. the us health authorities have ha...

Panic and national crisis. >> what is the cdc recommending for people who are boosted and exposed to the virus but dont test positive? >> right. so if youre exposed, say someone in your family gets it or someone you work with or whatever, theyre saying now you dont need to quarantine. wear a mask for ten days, but you dont need to quarantine. so this is really different. lets look at the data that tells you why they decided to do this. what the cdc says is that with two doses of either pfizer or...

Headlines. for now, lawrence, bring it back to you. lawrence: thanks, adam. today new york city vaccine mandate in person private sector no option to test out. meanwhile the states governor is actually shortening the quarantine period for essential workers who test positive. watch. >> critical workforce we have relied on from the beginning and my heart goes out to them filled with gratitude. we need you again. we need you to be able to go to work. lawrence: here to react are business owners in t...

Risk to other people. at this point in the pandemic, our assessment and guidance to people has to be nuanced and has to meet people where they are in terms of their own individual medical circumstances. >> do we need a risk assessment based on your individual circumstance, it be sounds like. dr. fauci also saying today that the administration is seriously considering shortening the isolation period for essential workers who test positive, and weve seen them recently do this with health care work...

>> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. breaking news in our health lead. moments ago the centers for disease control and prevention announced it is shortening the isolation period for americans who test positive for coronavirus. reducing it from ten days to five as long as one is asymptomatic at that point. the cdc says the changes are driven by science, which shows that the majority of covid transmission happens in the first few days of illness. this announcement comes just hours after presi...

Launched a team of state investigators to come and do an independent review of the incident. this follows a law signed last year by california governor gavin newsom which requires the state ags toffice to investigae any incident in which a person dies. those results will be handed over to the states special prosecutors office. theyll determine if any charges are warranted. >> josh campbell, thanks so much. streets and houses under water in nearly 40 cities. these massive floods are washing awa...

>> reporter: at sea, several cruise ships have been affected in some cases turned away from ports. in all dampening festivities. >> they werent really enforcing masks until a lot of people started getting covid and then they were kind of enforcing masks more. i dont think ill ever go on a cruise again honestly at this point. >> reporter: as the omicron variant rages, testing lines are stretching out and tests running short in some places. new york city is enforcing a covid vaccine mandate for pr...

Arrived, became positive or started to shed virus that they unwittingly had among others. we have to be very, very careful about when we have congregate settings. testing is an important part of the puzzle and we need to increase the availability of rapid tests in the united states. i think thats one of the goals that president has. >> doctor, i do want to ask you about the cdc changing guidelines when it comes to isolation periods and requirements for health care workers who test positive for c...

The Daechwita rapper receives his positive test result while quarantining upon returning to South Korea and has not come in contact with his bandmates, Big Hit announces.