People who are fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus can gather privately in small groups without masks or physical distance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, relaxing the safety guidelines for people inoculated under certain circumstances.
The CDC said Monday that fully vaccinated people should continue to take precautions in most circumstances to prevent the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. People who are fully immunized should continue to wear masks and keep their distance from others in public or while visiting unvaccinated individuals at higher risk of severe cases of Covid-19, the CDC said.
Vaccinated people may still be infected with the virus and pass it on to others who are at risk of serious illness, say public health experts. But early research suggests that, in addition to protection against severe cases of Covid-19, which could lead to hospitalization or death, licensed vaccines will also make people less vulnerable to infection and potentially less likely to spread the virus, said the CDC.
“There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can now begin to resume in the privacy of their own homes,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. “Everyone – even those who are vaccinated – should continue with all mitigation strategies when in public.”
The CDC has published its guide for vaccinated people, as more than 90 million Covid-19 wildfires have been administered in the United States, allowing vaccinated people to navigate alive during the pandemic, with that extra layer of protection against the virus. . More than 17% of the US population received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to CDC data, and just over 9% of the population received two photos.