US CDC says updated isolation guidance doesn't imply immunity to COVID-19
The agency said the latest data simply suggests that re-testing a person in the three months after initial infection is not necessary.
By REUTERSAn illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus(photo credit: MAM/CDC/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said late on Friday its updated isolation guidance does not imply that a person is immune to re-infection with the novel coronavirus."Contrary to media reporting today, this science does not imply a person is immune to reinfection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the 3 months following infection," the CDC said in statement.The agency said the latest data simply suggests that re-testing a person in the three months after initial infection is not necessary unless that person is showing symptoms of COVID-19 and the symptoms cannot be associated with another illness.On August 3, the CDC had updated its isolation guidance based on the latest science about COVID-19 showing that people can continue to test positive for up to three months after diagnosis and not be infectious to others."People with COVID-19 should be isolated for at least 10 days after symptom onset and until 24 hours after their fever subsides without the use of fever-reducing medications," the CDC said.
