CDC director walks back testing guideline changes amid outcry

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield partially reversed a change to the agency’s coronavirus guidelines amid accusations that the agency was limiting access to tests.

Redfield said in a statement given to the Washington Examiner on Thursday that “testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients.” That is a change from new guidelines rolled out this week that suggested that symptomless people should not get tested. That guidance has not been changed on the CDC website.