CDC shortens quarantine time for health care workers as omicron cases rise

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) —The CDC is shortening the COVID-19 isolation period for health care workers as cases continue to rise around the nation.The new recommended guidance from the CDC cuts the quarantine time for healthcare workers from 10 days to seven.Health care workers with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic can now return to work after seven days if they receive a negative test, and that isolation time can be cut shorter if there are staffing emergencies.Also, those who have received all C