The agency said Friday that people who’ve had close contact with a coronavirus patient should get tested for the virus — even if they have no symptoms.
that said the agency’s earlier guidance had not been written by CDC scientists and had been posted on the agency’s website despite their “serious objections.”had said people who’ve had close contact with a COVID-19 “do not necessarily need a test” if they are asymptomatic.
“Suggesting that asymptomatic people don’t need testing is just a prescription for community spread and further disease and death,” Dr. Susan Bailey, president of the American Medical Association, told the Times.Even with no symptoms, “you need a test,” the agency’s website now reads, “if you have been in close contact, such as within 6 feet of a person with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection for at least 15 minutes.
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