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With new guidance, CDC ends test-to-stay for schools and relaxes COVID rules

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out new guidance for the national response to COVID-19 on Thursday. (Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images)

With the coronavirus continuing to spread widely throughout the country, Americans are getting new advice from federal health officials on how to live with the virus.

The revised guidance – released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday – lifts the requirement to quarantine if exposed to the virus, deemphasizes screening people with no symptoms and updates COVID-19 protocols in schools, eliminating a recommendation for test-to-stay after potential exposure.

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