CDC shortens quarantine times as COVID-19 cases rise in San Diego County

Kim Harris

Managing Editor

Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the time for quarantine for the public from 14 days to five days, the number of COVID-19 cases over the past week continues to rise in San Diego County, according to data released by the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.

In the guidance issued Monday, Dec. 27, the CDC said that people diagnosed with COVID-19 should isolate for “five days, and if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms are resolving without a fever for 24 hours, follow that by five days of wearing a mask when around othe...