The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its travel guidance following the recent outbreak of the measles in California.
The CDC issues updated COVID-19 guidance for holiday travel is a new CDC guideline that has been released. It includes information on the best practices to follow when traveling during the holidays.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has released revised COVID-19 advice for the approaching Christmas season, advising Americans to stay vaccinated and promoting mask use in public places.
“Because many generations meet to celebrate the holidays, the best approach to reduce COVID-19 risk and keep your family and friends safe is to get vaccinated if you’re eligible,” the CDC says on its website. “Get yourself and other eligible individuals around them vaccinated to protect those who are not yet eligible for immunization, such as small children.”
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“If you are not completely vaccinated, use well-fitting masks over your nose and mouth if you are in public indoor settings,” the CDC advises. “Even fully vaccinated individuals should wear a mask in public interior settings in communities with significant to high transmission,” it says, adding that outdoor places are safer than indoor ones.
Avoiding crowded, poorly ventilated places; not hosting or attending a party if you are ill or have COVID-19 symptoms; and getting tested if you have symptoms or have been into close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus are among the CDC’s general holiday recommendations.
In terms of Christmas travel, the CDC still advises postponing any plans until you are completely vaccinated. “People who have been completely vaccinated with an FDA-approved vaccine or a World Health Organization-authorized vaccination for emergency use may travel safely inside the United States,” the government adds. Individuals must nevertheless cover their faces when traveling into, within, or out of the nation on aircraft, buses, trains, and other modes of public transportation, as well as while inside at U.S. transit hubs such as airports and stations.
Unvaccinated travelers should have a viral test one to three days before leaving and again three to five days after returning home. Unvaccinated people should stay in quarantine for at least seven days after traveling, according to the CDC.
When it comes to holiday overseas travel, the FDA claims that “COVID-19 is less likely to infect and disseminate in fully vaccinated passengers. International travel, on the other hand, presents extra dangers, and even fully vaccinated travelers may be at higher risk of contracting and transmitting certain COVID-19 strains.” Travelers returning to the United States after a trip overseas will need a negative COVID-19 test result obtained no more than three days before departure or evidence of COVID-19 recovery in the previous three months to board their return aircraft, regardless of immunization status.
To read the most recent CDC advice in advance of the holidays, go here.
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