CDC to update its COVID isolation guidance, ditching 5-day rule: Report | Ars Technica

CDC to update its COVID isolation guidance, ditching 5-day rule: Report | Ars

• Currently, CDC isolation guidance states that people who test positive for COVID-19 should stay home for at least five days, at which point people can end their isolation as long as their symptoms are improving and they have been fever-free for 24 hours.
• According to three unnamed officials who spoke with the Post, the CDC will update its guidance to remove the five-day minimum, recommending more simply that people can end their isolation any time after being fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of medication, as long as any other remaining symptoms are mild and improving...