CDC removes recommendation to isolate for five days after positive COVID-19 test. The new guidelines align with advice for the flu: stay home when you are sick, but return to school or work if you feel better and go 24 hours fever-free.
This change reflects the sustained decline in the most severe cases of CO VID-19 since the start of the pandemic in spring 2020, as well as the implicit recognition that many people do not even get tested despite having symptoms.