People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel without seriously endangering themselves as long as they wear masks and take other precautions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday and moderated their travel coverage while moderating it. still discouraged.
The new guideline comes because studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccines were effective in real-world conditions to reduce the risk of infections with or without symptoms.
Despite the CDC’s finding that travel is a low-risk activity for people who have been vaccinated, officials continue to advise against it as Covid-19 cases increase in the US.
“It is our responsibility at the CDC to look at the evolving evidence of what the lower risk is to do if you are fully vaccinated,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Friday. But because the majority of the population is still not vaccinated and that cases are increasing, “I will plead against general travel,” she said.
The CDC last month relaxed some of its safety guidelines for vaccinated people, but still warned against unnecessary travel. Dr. Walensky has pleaded with people over the past few weeks to avoid non-essential travel, citing increases in the event that the holiday periods followed when the trip picked up.