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The C.D.C. shortened isolation protocols for health care workers, as hospitals braced for Omicron's rapid spread and increasing staff shortages.

Thursday, December 23, 2021 6:27 PM EST

The agency recommended that health care workers who are asymptomatic return to work after seven days and a negative test, adding that "isolation time can be cut further if there are staffing shortages."

The agency also said that those workers who had received all recommended vaccine doses, including boosters, do not need to quarantine at home following high-risk exposures.

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