As of March 10, 2025, these are the current recommendations from the CDC:
Stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.*
You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:
Your symptoms are getting better overall, and
You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).
When you go back to your normal activities, take added precautions over the next 5 days, such as taking steps for cleaner air, practicing good hygiene, wearing a well-fitted mask, physical distancing, or testing for times when you will be around other people. Taking precaution is especially important to protect people with factors that increase their risk of severe illness from respiratory viruses.
Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious after your symptoms fully resolve but some people, like those with immunocompromising conditions, can shed the virus for a long time.
If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again. If your symptoms are improving overall, and you have not had a fever and are not using fever-reducing medication for at least 24 hours, you can resume normal activities again. You should then take added precaution for the next 5 days as listed above.
*Symptoms may include but are not limited to chest discomfort, chills, cough, decrease in appetite, diarrhea, fatigue (tiredness), fever or feeling feverish, headache, muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, vomiting, weakness, wheezing.
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