The CDC’s direction indicator should be a shot in the arm for the travel industry, which has been struggling since the start of the pandemic in 2020 due to the decline in passengers.
But CDC director Rochelle Walensky told reporters that despite the new vaccine lead, it was still not a good time to take a trip.
“We know we are currently having an increasing number of cases. I will plead against general travel,” she said. “We do not currently recommend travel, especially for individuals who have not been vaccinated.”
The CDC has stopped changing its travel guidance, even as vaccinations have increased, making the travel industry worse.
The new guideline on Friday appears to be an attempt to get a needle to recognize that vaccines have made travel significantly safer, while trying to stem a huge increase until more people have had their shots fired.
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Airlines for America, a group that includes major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines Southwest Airlines and other trading groups, called on the CDC on March 22 to immediately update its guidelines to says ‘vaccinated individuals can travel safely’.
Air travel remains 43% lower than levels before COVID, and business travel and international travel remain even heavier.
The airline group praised the CDC’s “updated travel guidance” that facilitates “travel restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals”.
Roger Dow, CEO of the American Travel Association, said that ‘new travel guidelines are an important step in the right direction supported by science and will brake the industry from the industry hit hardest by the fall of COVID by far. ‘
The government does not lift restrictions that prohibit non-US citizens of the United States, who have recently been to China, Brazil, South Africa and most of Europe. It also meets the requirements that almost all international US air visitors must pass a negative COVID-19 test before traveling to the United States.
A U.S. official, who was informed about the incident, said the government in Biden had begun talks about how and when it could eventually lift travel restrictions, but no change was imminent. The United States also continues to maintain restrictions on Canadian and Mexican borders that prohibit non-essential visitors.
The new guidance from the CDC says that people who are fully vaccinated do not need COVID-19 tests before international travel, unless required by the international destination, and that vaccinated people returning from foreign travel do not have to be self-guaranteed after they have not returned to the United States unless required to do so. state or local authorities.
The CDC has repeatedly refused to change direction over the past few times, reiterating that it still discourages all non-essential travel due to concerns about new variants.
Many Americans did not heed the CDC’s advice.
The Transportation Safety Administration on Thursday selected 1.56 million people at US airports, just under Sunday’s 1.57 million, which was the highest daily total since March 2020. The last time the number of airport passengers was selected below 1 million was March 10 .
The Biden administration has taken steps to reduce international travel and masks in almost all forms of public transport. The administration does not eliminate any mask rules.
The administration is sticking to its goal that all adults will be eligible for vaccinations in the coming weeks. The expert on infectious diseases, dr. Anthony Fauci, told reporters that studies have shown that children could also be vaccinated.
“Studies are underway in children lasting from six months to 11 years. And by the end of this year, we should have enough information to be able to vaccinate children of virtually any age safely,” he said.