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US Federal Health Agency Relaxes COVID-19 Testing Guidelines

   Health experts are expressing alarm over the U.S. Centers for Disease
   Control and Prevention's revision of its coronavirus testing
   guidelines.

   The CDC. announced Monday that people who have been in close contact
   with someone who has been infected by COVID-19 "do not necessarily need
   a test" if they are not exhibiting symptoms of the virus. The agency
   had previously recommended that anyone who has come into close
   contact-- defined as being within 6 feet of an infected person for at
   least 15 minutes-- should be tested for the virus.

   No explanation has been given for the sudden change. Experts are
   worried the new recommendation could lead to a drop off in testing,

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