CDC Reverses COVID Test Guideline After Controversy

FRIDAY, Sept. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Facing strong criticism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reversed a prior COVID-19 guideline that had said that people who know they've been in close contact with an infected person but are asymptomatic do not have to get tested.

Instead, the revised guideline now clearly tells Americans who find themselves in such circumstances that, "You need a test."

The prior recommendation stated that you "do not necessarily need a test" if asymptomatic but had close contact with an infected person.