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 ...

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 ...

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 ...