47 min agoFully vaccinated people can skip Covid quarantines, CDC saysFrom CNN Health’s Maggie FoxPeople who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus -- meaning they have recieved two doses of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine-- can skip quarantine if they are exposed to someone infected with the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The criteria: They must be fully vaccinated – having had both shots with at least two weeks having passed since the second shot. People who have been vaccinated should still watch for symptoms for 14 days after they have been exposed to someone who is infected, the CDC said. Paul Ellis/WPA Pool/Getty Images UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses for a photograph with a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Wockhardt's pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wrexham, Wales, on November 30. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images A health worker holds up a vial of Covishield, AstraZeneca-Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine, in Yangon, Myanmar, on January 27.

Source: The Nation February 10, 2021 19:41 UTC