WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to remove its five-day COVID-19 isolation in accordance with the agency’s new guidelines, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The fitness company plans to recommend that other people who test positive for COVID-19 take a call about when to end isolation based on their symptoms.
People with mild symptoms would no longer want to stay home if they haven’t had a fever for at least 24 hours, according to the report, which cites CDC officials familiar with the matter, adding that the new recommendations would not apply to hospitals and other fitness care. contexts with more vulnerable populations.
The government has yet approved rules that the company is expected to publish in April for public comment, the report adds.
“There are no COVID rule updates to announce at this time. We will continue to make decisions based on evidence and science to keep communities healthy and safe,” the CDC said in an emailed response.
Isolation rules for positive COVID-19 cases have not been updated since December 2021, when the CDC shortened the isolation time for Americans with asymptomatic cases to five days from the previous rules to 10 days.
CDC data showed nearly 86% of COVID-19 cases in the United States, as of Jan. 19, were caused by the sub-variant JN.1, classified as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization.