US EditionCDC plans to drop five-day covid isolation guidelines
- California and Oregon have deviated from CDC guidelines, no longer requiring isolation for COVID-19 positive individuals and allowing those without symptoms to skip isolation altogether.
- The CDC is considering updating its isolation guidance to allow individuals to end isolation once they have been fever-free for 24 hours and their symptoms are mild or improving.
- Experts believe that the updated guidance would align with how many Americans are already treating the virus and that it won't significantly increase community transmission or severe outcomes.
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CDC might drop 5-day COVID-19 isolation guideline — prompting mixed feelings in Chicago expert
A sign on the fence outside of Lowell Elementary School in Humboldt Park asks students, staff and visitors to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on Jan. 5, 2022.Scott Olson/Getty Images file The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending that people with COVID-19 only isolate for as long as they’re symptomatic rather than the current five-day isolation guideline.Under the proposed change, the CDC says peop…
Local infectious disease expert weighs in on CDC’s consideration to ease COVID-19 isolation guidelines
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 dashboard is reporting 702 hospital admissions for the latest week, which is up from 688 the week before. That’s not stopping proposed new isolation guidelines for the virus, which could mean less time isolating. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering the change. Dr. Christopher Ohl, an infectious disease expert with Atrium Hea…
CDC officials consider changing current COVID guidelines recommending five-day isolation
CDC officials are considering changing the recommended isolation time for those infected with COVID. Officials have been steadily easing restrictions and regulations put in place to guard public safety since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. President Joe Biden announced that he would end in May of last year the nation’s COVID-19 declarations of emergency initially instituted by the Trump Administration, as previously reported by The D…
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