Vaccinated people can meet without a mask, but they recommend against traveling and avoiding crowds

Vaccinated people can visit others indoors without a mask, but they should continue to wear it in public and avoid crowds when around people who have not been vaccinated or who have a high risk of contracting COVID-19, officials said. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The agency issued the long-awaited orientation guide on what fully immunized people can do safely, as the U.S. vaccination campaign progresses, but health experts warn the risk of the virus remains, especially with the newer variants.

Overall, the CDC recommended that Fully vaccinated people can meet freely in private places with other fully vaccinated people, but several restrictions persist, including the warning not to travel and the recommendation to wear face masks in public..

Two weeks later that people receive their final dose of vaccine two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines or their a single dose the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, they are considered fully immune and can meet other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or applying social distancing , said the CDC. Such meetings would be “low risk,” they said.

Vaccinated people can also meet people who are not vaccinated from the same household at low risk of contagion, without wearing masks or distancing themselvessuch as vaccinated grandparents who meet their unvaccinated adult child and that child’s children, provided they are healthy and not at high risk.

However, the CDC estimated that only 10% of the population has been fully vaccinated so far, they therefore recommend that those who are should continue to take measures to slow the spread of the virus, especially when more contagious variants emerge.

“We believe that these new recommendations are an important first step in our efforts to resume daily activities in our communitiesCDC director Rochelle Walensky said Monday at a press conference.

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