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The Interterritorial Council will study in its

meeting tomorrow

the possibility of lowering the quarantine of infections by Covid-19 to five days.

This was expressed by the Government spokesperson and Minister of Territorial Policy,

Isabel Rodríguez

, during the press conference after the Council of Ministers, when asked about this possibility that the United States has just launched.

The minister recalled that any decision they adopt regarding the pandemic will be "with the support and

rigor of the technical teams

" and, therefore, "it will be that area in which they arise."

Regarding the possibility of taking new

common measures

to face the pandemic, Rodríguez assured that they support the autonomous communities in decision-making, since "they know better both the healthcare situation and the evolution of the pandemic."

A change "justified by science"

This Monday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (

CDC

) announced that people with Covid-19 will be able to shorten the isolation from 10 to five days as long as they are asymptomatic.

The isolation time for unvaccinated contacts of positive cases was also reduced.


The CDC said in a statement that "this change is justified by science," according to which most

infections occur in the two days before and three days after symptoms appear

.

"These updates allow everyone to get on with their life safely," explained its director, Rochelle Walensky.

However, the US agency advises asymptomatic people

to wear the mask for the next five days

.

Andalusia and Madrid, in favor

The Andalusian Minister of Health,

Jesús Aguirre,

has assured this Tuesday that it is studying to reduce the quarantines in close contacts without symptoms, an approach that has also been put on the table by the Madrid Deputy Minister of Health Assistance and Public Health,

Antonio Zapatero

, They warn that the sixth wave needs to be approached with different measures.

"The panorama of decisions in the pandemic and those provided by this variant is different. We have been saying for a few days that

the management of the pandemic cannot be the same as a year

ago or a few months ago for two reasons: one due to the vaccination situation of the population and two due to the

clinical and epidemiological characteristics of this variant,

"said Zapatero, who stressed that we are" in a moment of transition "regarding how to face the pandemic.

For his part, Aguirre explained at a press conference after the Andalusian Government Council that the omicron variant causes more infections, but with less clinical incidence, which is why experts are addressing this

sixth wave "in a different way

.

"

What is being analyzed is whether, for example, it is necessary for a close contact with no symptoms to be quarantined for ten days, whether all contacts must be PCR or tested, or whether the traceability of the cases should remain

only in those not vaccinated or who have symptoms

, he has detailed.

He explained that only this week

250,000 tests

have been carried

out

, representing a million in a month, a "very large volume of personnel" within the Andalusian Health Service (SAS), so "it is necessary to assess whether it has been efficient" .

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