Individuals fully immune to COVID-19 can meet in small groups with other vaccines without wearing masks, but should continue to wear them outside the home, U.S. Centers for Control said and Disease Prevention (CDC) Monday.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a preparatory meeting that the organization’s new guidelines for people with full vaccinations said they can also visit with unvaccinated people, at low risk from one other home without masks.
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People with a face mask are seen in front of the COVID-19 vaccine facility in Los Angeles, CA.
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The CDC advised fully vaccinated people to continue with a high level of caution such as avoiding medium and large concentrations in humans, wearing masks when visiting unvaccinated people from multiple homes or wearing masks when with people at risk for severe COVID. -19.
“It is important to understand … that over 90 per cent of the population has not yet been vaccinated, and we have a responsibility to ensure that, in the context of 60,000 new cases every day, we protect the those who remain unvaccinated and vulnerable, “Walensky said.
The public health guidelines address how vaccinated people can safely resume some more routine activities and contacts with those outside their families while the coronavirus is still widely circulating.
The recommendations stem from the fact that approximately 30 million people, or 9.2% of the U.S. population, are fully ingested with COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer Inc / BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson, according to CDC data.
Nearly 18% of the U.S. population, or 58.9 million adults, had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Authorized COVID-19 vaccines currently prevent people from becoming ill but may not be infected. Data is scarce on whether vaccinated people can spread the virus to unprotected people.
The CDC previously recommended that people should wear masks at all times when they cannot live at least six feet (1.83 m) from others, or always indoors except in their own homes.
The CDC advised last month that individuals who received the vaccine within three months could skip the normal 14-day quarantine after being exposed to someone with COVID-19, as long as they remained asymptomatic.
Some cities and states have begun lifting lifting restrictions in recent weeks against the advice of public health experts, who say the measures should wait until many more people get vaccinated with numbers case remains high and infectious viral changes are becoming common in much of the country.