The updated guidance comes after the CDC faced criticism last week for shortening its recommended isolation period without asking for people to get tested.
- The updated guidance comes after the CDC faced criticism last week for shortening its recommended isolation period without asking for people to get tested.
- The CDC said people are most contagious two days prior to symptom onset and about three days afterward.
- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director, said during a White House Covid update last week that up to 90% of transmission happens during that period.
Source: CDC declines to add Covid testing recommendation to updated isolation guidance despite criticism
