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Pentagon Rescinds Ban on COVID-Hospitalized Recruits

Carla Babb

   WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has rescinded a recruitingpolicythatbanned
   anyonewho was hospitalizedbecauseofCOVID-19 from joining the
   militarywithout a waiver, a top official said Thursday.

   Matthew Donovan, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and
   readiness, told reporters Thursdaythat he had nixedthe
   interimpolicyguidanceand that the militaryhadreturned to its previous
   guidelines formilitary recruits.

   He said COVID-19 cases would be processed on a case-by-case basis,
   going through the infectious disease history of each individual recruit
   and then relying on the attending physician to determine if the
   recruitment candidate meets the military's accession standards.

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