Fauci said the CDC is considering including a negative COVID test as part of its updated isolation guidance after receiving criticism for not doing so initially.
for people who test positive for COVID-19 from 10 days to five days if they're asymptomatic.
The latest guidance received significant pushback from some health professionals for not requiring a negative COVID test ahead of leaving isolation,Fauci reiterated that testing before leaving isolation is a "reasonable thing to do," adding that "the CDC soon will be coming out with more clarification.""There has been some concern about why we don’t ask people at that five-day period to get tested," Fauci said in an appearance on ABC's "Meet the Press.
"Looking at it again, there may be an option in that, that testing could be a part of that, and I think we’re going to be hearing more about that in the next day or so from the CDC," he added. "We are definitely in the middle of a very severe surge and uptick in cases. The acceleration of cases that we’ve seen is unprecedented, gone well beyond anything we’ve seen before."
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