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CDC reverses course and recommends testing for asymptomatic people exposed to COVID-19

By Cassidy Morrison
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CDC reverses course and recommends testing for asymptomatic people exposed to COVID-19

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now advises people who have been exposed to the coronavirus but do not have symptoms to get tested, reversing a controversial policy set last month that recommended against such testing.

“Due to the significance of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission, this guidance further reinforces the need to test asymptomatic persons, including close contacts of a person with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection,” the CDC guidance said as of Friday.

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