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Top Trump officials reportedly pressured the CDC to narrow its coronavirus testing guidelines to exclude asymptomatic people

People line up at Joe Moakley Park for the pop-up free COVID-19 testing by registered nurses from the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston on Aug. 11, 2020.The CDC narrowed its COVID-19 testing criteria earlier this week to exclude people who show no symptoms, even if they were exposed to the virus.

The change has also alarmed health experts who said evidence suggests people who are asymptomatic can still spread the disease. Top Trump administration officials pressured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to narrow its COVID-19 testing recommendations to exclude asymptomatic people, according to aThe Times cited two federal health officials who said the new rule was imposed by top White House officials, with one saying the CDC didn't write the new guidelines.

"If you have been in close contact, within 6 feet, of a person with a COVID-19 infection for at least 15 minutes but do not have symptoms, you do not necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual or your health care provider or state or local public health officials recommend you take one," the updated criteria reads.

Giroir stressed the intention is on "appropriate" testing, not "less" testing and that "it cannot be interpreted that we are inhibiting local public health," according to CNN.

 

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