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US CDC's new guidance to allow children exposed to Covid to attend schools

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1 min read . Updated: 17 Dec 2021, 10:18 PM IST Agencies

If exposed children meet a certain criteria and continue to test negative , they can stay at school instead of quarantining at home, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said said.

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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new strategy called 'test-to-stay' that allows unvaccinated children to stay in school even if they have been exposed to Covid-19, the institute's director Rochelle Walensky said on Friday.