U.S.
health officials say that most fully vaccinated Americans can skip testing for
COVID-19, even if they were exposed to someone infected.
That new guidance was
announced last week, but was all but eclipsed by the new, more relaxed
guidelines on masks.
Experts
say the waning importance of testing reflects a new phase of the pandemic.
People
who are fully vaccinated face little risk of developing serious illness or
passing the infection onto others.
Experts
now say that aggressively testing vaccinated people can lead to unnecessary
worry and disruption at work and school.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.