WASHINGTON: US Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC) released a new strategy called “test-to-stay” which allows children who are not vaccinated to live in school even if they have been exposed to Coronavirus, Rochelle’s director of Rochelle Walensky said on the day Friday .
“If children who are exposed to certain criteria and continue to test the negative, they can live in school instead of quarantine at home,” Walensky said during the press direction.
Some states have advised their school to use a “test-to-stay” strategy to keep more children in class.
The school must test their students twice a week to implement a test-to-stay strategy, Walensky said, adding that many schools have met the standards.
The new guide came when the Omicron variant continued to spread in the United States.
More than 39 countries and 75 countries have reported cases of new variants, which are very contagious and infect people who are vaccinated with high rates.
“We hope it becomes the dominant tension in the United States, as in other countries, in the coming weeks, Walensky said.
Some data have suggested that omicron cases are less severe than the variants of the past, but our top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci Say the severity of the new variant is “Still in the air.” Fauci said that the third booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, which is currently adjusted to provide protection against Omicron.
He said there was no decision about whether to encourage people to be increased faster than six months After their initial inoculation.