CDC Drops 5-day Isolation Guidance for COVID-19
For the first time since 2021, the agency loosened its COVID-19 isolation guidance
to better reflect the virus’s evolving risk as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 dropped.
Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay home from work and school for five
days. Isolation is no longer necessary if the individual has been fever-free for at least 24 hours without the aid of medication