- Home
- Medical news & Guidelines
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology and CTVS
- Critical Care
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Obstretics-Gynaecology
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics-Neonatology
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
- Laboratory Medicine
- Diet
- Nursing
- Paramedical
- Physiotherapy
- Health news
- Fact Check
- Bone Health Fact Check
- Brain Health Fact Check
- Cancer Related Fact Check
- Child Care Fact Check
- Dental and oral health fact check
- Diabetes and metabolic health fact check
- Diet and Nutrition Fact Check
- Eye and ENT Care Fact Check
- Fitness fact check
- Gut health fact check
- Heart health fact check
- Kidney health fact check
- Medical education fact check
- Men's health fact check
- Respiratory fact check
- Skin and hair care fact check
- Vaccine and Immunization fact check
- Women's health fact check
- AYUSH
- State News
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Puducherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttrakhand
- West Bengal
- Medical Education
- Industry
CDC updates COVID-19 mask guidance amid Delta variant
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated mask recommendations once again, advising all the fully vaccinated people in high-risk areas to resume wearing masks indoors.
This suggestion came in place due to emerging evidence on the spread of the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant currently circulating in the United States.
The CDC officials were quoted as "Until vaccination coverage is high and community transmission is low, public health practitioners, as well as schools, businesses, and institutions (organizations) need to regularly assess the need for prevention strategies to avoid stressing health care capacity and imperilling adequate care for both COVID-19 and other non–COVID-19 conditions"
They also added information that fully vaccinated people might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level of transmission, especially if they are immunocompromised or vulnerable to severe disease from COVID-19, or if they have someone in their household/ family/ friends who is immunocompromised, at increased risk of severe disease or not fully vaccinated.
Additionally, CDC recommended that all the fully vaccinated people who have been exposed to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should be tested 3-5 days after the exposure, and wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days or until they receive a negative COVID-19 test result.
They also recommended that all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status should also comply and adopt indoor masking for everyone's safety.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained that "We have always said our guidance and recommendations will follow the science, and today we have new science related to the Delta variant. Recent outbreak investigations show the variant behaves uniquely and differently from past strains of the virus and indicates that on rare occasions some vaccinated people infected may be contagious. This new science is worrisome."
Walensky concluded by stating that "I know this is frustrating, but this is still largely a pandemic of the unvaccinated."
For more information refer to:
Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html
Dr. Shravani Dali has completed her BDS from Pravara institute of medical sciences, loni. Following which she extensively worked in the healthcare sector for 2+ years. She has been actively involved in writing blogs in field of health and wellness. Currently she is pursuing her Masters of public health-health administration from Tata institute of social sciences. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.
Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: drkohli@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751