New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors in some circumstances but should keep wearing masks in public.
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Here’s the CDC’s specific guidance for what fully vaccinated people can do:
- "Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing;
- "Visit with unvaccinated people from a single household who are at low risk for severe COVID-19 disease indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing
- “Refrain from quarantine and testing following a known exposure to COVID-19 if asymptomatic”
The CDC said fully vaccinated people should continue to take these COVID-19 precautions:
- "Take precautions in public like wearing a well-fitted mask and physical distancing
- "Wear masks, practice physical distancing, and adhere to other prevention measures when visiting with unvaccinated people who are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease or who have an unvaccinated household member who is at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease
- "Wear masks, maintain physical distance, and practice other prevention measures when visiting with unvaccinated people from multiple households
- "Avoid medium- and large-sized in-person gatherings
- "Get tested if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
- "Follow guidance issued by individual employers
- “Follow CDC and health department travel requirements and recommendations”