Rochelle Wallinsky, director of the American Center for Epidemiology and Disease Prevention (CDC), announced that those who have received all the necessary vaccinations against the coronavirus can meet indoors in small groups without wearing a mask, after feeling comfortable with certain restrictions in the United States. Monday.
Rochelle Wallinsky, director of the American Center for Epidemiology and Disease Prevention (CDC), announced that those who have received all the necessary vaccinations against the coronavirus can meet indoors in small groups without wearing a mask, after feeling comfortable with certain restrictions in the United States. Monday.
“If you and your friend or family member are vaccinated, they can have dinner together without wearing a mask and walk away.” Walinsky said. He also confirmed it “Fully vaccinated” people can meet their unvaccinated acquaintances who fall into the low risk category without a mask.
According to the guidelines of the epidemiological center People may be considered “fully immune” two weeks after their last dose of vaccine. This is Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s second dose. And for the recently approved single-dose vaccine by Johnson & Johnson, protection is improved two weeks after a single vaccine.
He stated that unnecessary travel should continue to be avoided altogether, and the wearing of masks in public places should remain mandatory for all.
Walensky said that as long as the number of coronavirus cases is high, travel is not recommended. “We want to allow grandparents who have already been vaccinated to visit their healthy children and grandchildren, but our travel advisories have not changed yet.”
He said.
To date, nearly 9 percent of the U.S. population has received all necessary vaccinations. This number is steadily increasing as nearly two million vaccines are given daily in the United States. According to the CDC, more than 60 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and more than 31 million people have been fully vaccinated. US President Joe Biden said earlier that by the end of May, there will be enough vaccinations for everyone in the country.
According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, 40,340 new cases have been reported in the United States in the past 24 hours, and more than 29 million have been diagnosed in the country since the pandemic began. 669 deaths were reported in one day, and the death toll has now topped 525,000.
