The move is yet another attempt for the U.S. to move on from the emergency phase and return to normal. Tests and treatments will no longer be free as well.
The decision to loosen COVID-19 protocols was based on the fact that 95 percent of the general U.S. population has some immunity to the virus through vaccination or infection.
New York health officials said wastewater samples in at least two counties indicate strong traces of the polio virus that may affect hundreds of residents.