CDC ISSUES AMENDED ORDER IN RESPONSE TO UPDATED ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE GUIDANCE AND TO CLARIFY ATTESTATION REQUIREMENTS
May 2, 2022
On April 4, 2022, CDC issued an amended Order revising some parts of its October 30, 2021, Order on travel requirements and restrictions for non-U.S. citizens who are nonimmigrants seeking to enter the U.S. by air travel and who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
The amended Order, which became effective on April 14, 2022, is meant to align with CDC’s current “after international travel recommendations” regarding quarantine and self-isolation requirements if a person tests positive for or develops symptoms of COVID-19 and calls for updates to the required attestation. The new attestation includes a change that non-U.S. citizens and/or residents that qualify for one of the various exceptions to the vaccination requirement and later test positive for COVID-19 after arriving in the U.S. need only to quarantine for five days instead of seven days as previously stipulated and clarifies previous language to confirm that children under the age of two need not complete (or have a parent or guardian complete on their behalf) the attestation. The amended Order also reduces the number of days recommended for isolation for people who are diagnosed with COVID-19, or have symptoms of COVID-19, from 10 days to five days.
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