What happened?

On March 1, 2024, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) updated the guidelines for Respiratory Virus.

What are the details?

The main changes in the CDC guidance are:

• Applies to individuals who contract respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, flu, and RSV, and no longer focuses on COVID-19 alone.

• Eliminates the 5-day isolation requirement, and instead recommends a 1-day isolation.

This updated guidance is intended for community settings. There are no changes to respiratory virus guidance for healthcare settings.

Business Considerations

• Conduct a review of your existing COVID-19 policies and procedures and make any appropriate changes to align with the updates.

Resources

• Respiratory Virus Guidance

Source References

• CDC updates and simplifies respiratory virus recommendations
• CDC Updated Guidance Regarding COVID-19 and Its Potential Impact on New York State COVID-19 Paid Leave (Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC)
• CDC Alters COVID-19 Isolation Guidelines (The Hilltop: The Student Voice of Howard University)

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