NHL Shortens COVID Isolation Period to 5 Days with Negative Test After CDC Guidelines

The NHL shortened the isolation period following a positive COVID-19 test to five days.

In a memo shared by Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli on Wednesday, the league said players can stop isolating after five days with a negative test if they're asymptomatic:

This follows a recent update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting that people who test positive for COVID-19 only need to isolate for five days, half the length of the previous recommendation:

"The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after. Therefore,…