Elite Sports NY · Dec 28, 2021
NFL adopts new CDC guidelines amid COVID outbreak (Report)
Kim Klement-USA TODAY SportsThe NFL has compressed the isolation timeframe for asymptomatic COVID-positive players.
COVID-19 has devastated the NFL — and the country, for that matter — in recent weeks amid the emergence of the new omicron variant.
In light of this outbreak, the CDC has released new guidelines that compress the isolation timeframe for asymptomatic COVID-positive individuals from 10 days to five. As a result, the NFL has adopted this measure and applied it to its own COVID protocols, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Now, players who have tested positive for the lingering virus but are asymptomatic could possibly return in five days, regardless of vaccination status.
