<p data-el="text">Federal health officials on Monday shortened the recommended time Americans infected with the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3" rel="external" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:#afeeee;">coronavirus</span></a> should isolate from 10 days to five if they are asymptomatic — a decision they said was driven by a growing body of research about when people are most infectious.</p> <p data-el="text">The updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes as the nation is contending with a new coronavirus wave driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant, which has sent infections soaring to levels not seen since last winter.</p> <p data-el="text"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html" rel="external"><span style="background-color:#afeeee;">Learn more</span></a></p>
