In addition to revising its mask guidance on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also quietly updated its testing recommendations for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The agency now advises that vaccinated people be tested for the virus if they come into contact with someone with Covid-19, even if they have no symptoms. Previously, the health agency had said that fully vaccinated people did not need to be tested after exposure to the virus unless they were experiencing symptoms.
“Our updated guidance recommends vaccinated people get tested upon exposure regardless of symptoms,” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the agency’s director, said in an email to The New York Times. “Testing is widely available.”
The change was prompted by new data suggesting that even vaccinated people who are infected by Delta may carry large amounts of the virus and transmit it to others, Dr. Walensky said at a news briefing on Tuesday.
Osim što su u utorak revidirali svoje smjernice za maske, Centri za kontrolu i prevenciju bolesti također su tiho ažurirali svoje preporuke za testiranje za osobe koje su potpuno cijepljene protiv koronavirusa.
Agencija sada savjetuje da se cijepljene osobe testiraju na virus ako dođu u kontakt s nekim oboljelim od Covid-19, čak i ako nemaju simptome. Ranije je zdravstvena agencija rekla da potpuno cijepljene osobe ne moraju biti testirane nakon izlaganja virusu, osim ako imaju simptome.
"Naše ažurirane smjernice preporučuju cijepljenim osobama da se testiraju nakon izlaganja, bez obzira na simptome", rekla je dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, direktorica agencije, u e -poruci za New York Times. "Testiranje je široko dostupno."
Promjena je potaknuta novim podacima koji sugeriraju da čak i cijepljeni ljudi zaraženi Deltom mogu prenijeti velike količine virusa i prenijeti ga na druge, rekao je dr. Walensky na brifingu za novinare u utorak.
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