What should I do if my family in COVID-19 is sick five days late?

What should my family do in COVID-19 under one roof? The CDC recommends wearing a mask at home.

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2022- 1-29 17: 06 official account of China News Service Huayu.

Huayu News According to the comprehensive report of the American Chinese website, if a family member has COVID-19, but it is difficult to be isolated because of the small living area, what should I do in this case?

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The CDC has updated its guidelines for this situation on its website. The tour guide said that if possible, you should stay as far away from your sick family as possible. If the infected person cannot be separated from other family members who live together, it becomes continuous close contact. In this case, you can take some preventive measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 as much as possible:

COVID-19 patients and people living with them should wear proper masks at home.

If possible, COVID-19 patients should be cared for by one person, so as to limit the number of close contacts.

Take measures to protect yourself and others and reduce the spread at home: if you have not been vaccinated, please isolate yourself; If you are sick or COVID-19 positive, you should be quarantined even if you have no symptoms.

In the latest guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that special rooms and bathrooms should be reserved for family members who test positive. The CDC also suggested that if you have close contact with infected family members, you should be isolated for five days. After isolation, even if there are no symptoms, testing is still needed.

A study of 202 1 shows that 8 1 10,000 people live in places that are not suitable for home isolation. A study conducted by Los Angeles Children's Hospital in 2020 found that nearly half of the respondents lived in families with more than two people in each bedroom, and 77% of them earned less than 50,000 yuan a year last year.

The researchers of this study pointed out, "We have noticed that the infection rate of secondary transmission is very high in a crowded family environment."

With the high spread of Omicron varieties, special attention should be paid to the epidemic prevention challenges brought by crowded living environment. As early as the beginning of 65438+February last year, the CDC released a report saying that Omicron seems to be able to spread among different hotel rooms with "strict isolation measures".

Data from Denmark found that the infectivity of Omicron in vaccinated families was 3.7 times that of Delta, but in unvaccinated families, the infectivity of the two variants was basically similar. This shows that Omicron variants can be more "smart" to avoid antibodies brought by vaccines.

Health experts pointed out that although the vaccine can not completely prevent the spread of Omicron variants, it is still very effective in preventing serious diseases. (Original title: What should family members do in COVID-19 under one roof? CDC update guide)

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