CDC: Healthcare workers exposed to coronavirus can keep working as long as they wear masks

The CDC has loosened their website's guidelines to say healthcare workers can still work even if exposed to coronavirus as long as they wear a mask. If they run out of masks, especially due to hoarding by the public, they are advised to use a scarf or bandanna.
Posted 3/19/2020, 1:24:00 PM Updated 3/24/2020, 8:51:22 PM

AND THEN BACK UP TO THE 70s ON

WEDNESDAY.

VERY TYPICAL SPRING-LIKE

FORECAST FOR US.

>>> BREAKING IN THE LIVE

CENTER.

CNN IS REPORTING THAT THE CDC

HAS LOOSENED ITS GUIDELINES TO

ALLOW HEALTHCARE WORKERS,

MEDICAL WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN

EXPOSED TO COVID-19 TO CONTINUE

WORKING AS LONG AS THEY WEAR A

MASK.

THE REASON BEING IF THEY TOOK

THEM OUT OF THE WORKFORCE AND

QUARANTINED THEM FOR 14 DAYS,ED

THERE BE A DIRE SHORTAGE OF

MEDICAL WORKER TO TREAT THOSE

WITH COVID-19, AND THE

SUGGESTION FROM CDC, THE

RECOMMENDATION IF THEY RUN OUT

OF MASKS, WELL THEN HEALTHCARE

WORKERS CAN USE A SCARF OR

BANDANA.

DR. GUPTA FROM CNN SAYING THAT

IS CONCERNING, BECAUSE THOSE

BAN DAN MASS ARE IN NO WAY

PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

BUT IT APPEARS THE CDC IS

TRYING TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS

FOR WHAT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR

ENOUGH MEDICAL CARE WORKERS IF

THE HOSPITALS AND FOR THOSE

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