LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Los Angeles County health officials updated the travel advisory county on Monday in response to new federal guidelines issued last week.
According to updated guidelines issued Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can travel without testing or quarantine.
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According to the new county recommendation, travelers who are not fully vaccinated must be quarantined for seven full days if they have a negative test within three to five days of arriving in the county. If they are not tested, they must be quarantined for 10 full days.
“There is no need to test or self-quarantine if you are completely vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 in the last three months,” CDC officials said. “You should continue to follow all other travel recommendations.”
The guide says that “fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get sick and spread COVID-19. ”
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“For example, fully vaccinated grandparents can fly to visit their healthy grandchildren without taking a COVID-19 test or being quarantined, provided they follow other recommended preventative measures,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky at a White House briefing on Friday.
Both CDC and LA County officials advise that travelers continue to wear masks on public transportation and urge travelers to practice social distancing and wash their hands frequently or use hand sanitizer.
People who are not vaccinated are still urged by the CDC to delay any trip, “because the trip increases your chances of getting and spreading COVID-19.”
Meanwhile, the county reported a further death of COVID-19 and 366 additional cases, noting that the numbers tend to be artificially low on Mondays due to the reporting of weekend delays.
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The numbers brought the total number of cases of the county to 1,222,447, and the number of deaths to 23,276.