The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that it is dropping several guidelines specific to COVID-19, including the five-day isolation policy after testing positive for the virus.
These changes mark the first time that the CDC has revised its COVID-19 guidelines since 2021.
“We’re in a different situation,” CDC Director Mandy Cohen told reporters on Friday, “but we must use the tools that work to protect against respiratory viruses.”
The new guidance from the agency eliminates virus-specific protocols and replaces them with prevention strategies common among various types of respiratory infections, including influenza and RSV.
“COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was, and its health impacts increasingly resemble those of other respiratory viral illnesses,” the guidance Read more…
