In effect, the CDC’s new guidelines encourage Americans to take the same approach to Covid as they would to flu or other respiratory illnesses, such as coughs and colds.
US doctors said the change in guidelines reflects a general fall in Covid cases and hospitalisations across the country.
“The change is based on the fact that, according to Dr Cohen, though wastewater analysis for Covid is very high, at the same time, case counts and hospitalisations are MUCH lower,” Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor of medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News.
“The goal is to have one set of guidelines for all respiratory viruses: flu, RSV, COVID, etc,” he added.
Some US states have already eased their own guidance on Covid in light of the falling case numbers.
