Airport Alert: CDC Updates Travel Guidance for Fully Vaccinated People to a Low-Risk Activity
April 2, 2021
This morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its travel guidance for people who have been fully vaccinated. The CDC considers someone to be fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This much-anticipated guidance states that fully vaccinated people are less likely to get or spread the COVID-19 virus and are a low travel risk as long as other precautions, like mask wearing and physical distancing, are taken. Currently, an estimated 100 million Americans have had at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
For domestic travel, CDC stated that fully vaccinated people can travel within the United States without getting tested for COVID-19 beforehand or be required to self-quarantine after travel. However, state and local travel restrictions or requirements may still apply at domestic locations.
CDC continues to state that international travel poses additional risks, particularly for getting or spreading variants, and recommends people avoid international travel until fully vaccinated. For those people that are fully vaccinated and are traveling internationally, the new guidance states that people do not need to get a COVID-19 test before travel or self-quarantine unless it is required by their final destination. The negative COVID test requirement to fly into the United States was not lifted as part of this new travel guidance. As a reminder, everyone is still required to have a negative COVID-19 test, or documentation of recovery from the virus, before boarding a flight to the United States. CDC continues to recommend a follow-on viral test three to five days after arriving in the United States.
For unvaccinated people that must travel, CDC continues to recommend that they get tested one to three days before travel and again three to five days after travel. They also continue to recommend that unvaccinated people self-quarantine at home for a full seven days after travel or for ten days if they do not get tested post-travel.
CDC will update these recommendations are more people are vaccinated, as the rates of COVID-19 change, and as additional scientific evidence becomes available.
More information from CDC on domestic and international travel, as well as frequently as questions, can be in these links:
This morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its travel guidance for people who have been fully vaccinated. The CDC considers someone to be fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This much-anticipated guidance states that fully vaccinated people are less likely to get or spread the COVID-19 virus and are a low travel risk as long as other precautions, like mask wearing and physical distancing, are taken. Currently, an estimated 100 million Americans have had at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
For domestic travel, CDC stated that fully vaccinated people can travel within the United States without getting tested for COVID-19 beforehand or be required to self-quarantine after travel. However, state and local travel restrictions or requirements may still apply at domestic locations.
CDC continues to state that international travel poses additional risks, particularly for getting or spreading variants, and recommends people avoid international travel until fully vaccinated. For those people that are fully vaccinated and are traveling internationally, the new guidance states that people do not need to get a COVID-19 test before travel or self-quarantine unless it is required by their final destination. The negative COVID test requirement to fly into the United States was not lifted as part of this new travel guidance. As a reminder, everyone is still required to have a negative COVID-19 test, or documentation of recovery from the virus, before boarding a flight to the United States. CDC continues to recommend a follow-on viral test three to five days after arriving in the United States.
For unvaccinated people that must travel, CDC continues to recommend that they get tested one to three days before travel and again three to five days after travel. They also continue to recommend that unvaccinated people self-quarantine at home for a full seven days after travel or for ten days if they do not get tested post-travel.
CDC will update these recommendations are more people are vaccinated, as the rates of COVID-19 change, and as additional scientific evidence becomes available.
More information from CDC on domestic and international travel, as well as frequently as questions, can be in these links:
