This past week updated guidance was issued from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding identification of a close contact for COVID-19. Previously, close contact was defined as ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The CDC continues to expand its guidance on the potential routes of COVID-19 transmission, changing its definition of “close contact” of 15 minutes or more within 6 feet, to now ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance clarifying what exactly “close contact” means when it comes to transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The previous ...

Now you are considered to have had ‘close contact’ with an individual if you’ve spent a cumulative—not consecutive—15 minutes with them over a 24-hour period. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

On October 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) expanded the definition of “close contact” for contact tracing purposes. The CDC previously defined close contact as 15 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its definition of "close contact" to an individual infected with the coronavirus on Wednesday to include multiple, brief exposures adding ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has expended its definition of “close contact” of someone infected with COVID-19, the agency announced on Wednesday. Previous guidance defined ...

An old video circulating on social media shows Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warning that even just “close contact” with those already ...

Scientists measuring the frequency and duration of face-to-face interactions between household members have found that close contact had no impact on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...