Embedded People can Travel, the CDC says

Embedded people can travel safely, according to new CDC guidelines released on Friday, but they must continue to take COVID-19 safety precautions while doing so, wearing a mask in public and socially staying away.

The long-awaited release of the guidelines lies in the US COVID-19 vaccinations have increased nationally and as the summer travel season approaches. About 56 million people in the US, 16.9% of the total population, is now fully vaccinated against coronavirus, and 100 million people you have received at least one dose of vaccine.

“We now have several recently released studies documenting the actual effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, so we are currently releasing an update of the guidelines for people who are vaccinated,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at the White House COVID-19 conference Friday. “Fully embedded people can embark on low-risk journeys with themselves.”

He added, “For example, fully integrated grandparents can fly to visit their healthy grandchildren without taking the COVID-19 test or self-quarantine if they follow other preventative measures recommended on the trip.”

But, he said, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise nationally“I would defend it against general travel.”

The health agency has so far given few guidelines to find out what activities can be safely performed by vaccinated people. Last month, he released safety recommendations allowing people with the vaccine if they are at low risk for serious illnesses to reunite with each other without a mask or with another family that has not been vaccinated.

Here’s what’s new CDC travel instructions say:

• Fully embedded people can take trips home. They don’t have to try it before or after flying and they don’t have to ride in self-quarantine after the trip.
• Fully embedded people should continue to take COVID-19 precautions (wearing masks in public while traveling, social restraint, and washing hands).
• Fully embedded people can travel internationally without taking the COVID-19 test beforehand, unless required by the country in which they are traveling.
• Fully embedded individuals should not be placed under self-quarantine upon return to the U.S. unless required to do so by a state or local jurisdiction.
• People with a vaccine who travel to the U.S. from a foreign country should have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight. COVID-19 should be examined three to five days after return.

Last week, health worker Data released by the CDC has shown that two-dose vaccines that are widely used prevent 90% of COVID-19 infections, a very effective rate, which has increased the confidence of public health experts in shooting. In particular, the fact that shootings prevent asymptomatic cases, which are believed to play a major role in spreading the virus, has boosted confidence in people who are vaccinated to alleviate the restrictions.

The second dose of the modern or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is given two weeks after the second dose, or the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is shot twice a week, and the vaccines are fully protected.

Masks are still needed According to CDC guidelines on airplanes, buses and trains, as well as airports and other travel centers.

U.S. states are denouncing the alarming rise in cases, Walensky warned threatens the fourth rise. On Monday, the CDC director blamed the increase in cases for the large number of people who have not been included in the U.S., the states that have rushed to open, the spread of more polluting variants, and the increase in travel. Other experts they said they are optimistic that as vaccines spread, especially among the elderly and other vulnerable populations, the increase in cases will not lead to so many hospitalizations or deaths.

“We are in a race against life and death against the virus. And it’s far from winning the war against this virus, “White House chief pandemic officer Jeff Zients said Friday.” Even as we’re inserting a record number of people, we have a lot more people to get vaccinated, and we’re seeing cases escalating. “

He added, “We are working to put this pandemic behind us as soon as possible, but we are not there yet. So we each have to do our part.”