County counseling continues to urge residents to avoid all non-essential travel, but those who travel should continue to take precautions, such as face coverage and distances, even if they are fully vaccinated.
Under the new warning, if travelers are fully vaccinated and show no symptoms of COVID-19, there will be no quarantine requirements or evidence on their return. Travelers who are not fully vaccinated will need to be quarantined for a full seven days if they have a negative test within three to five days of arriving in the county. If no tests are done, they must be quarantined for 10 full days.
All travelers should be automatically monitored for COVID-19 symptoms for two weeks and avoid being near people at high risk for serious illness from the virus.
Under the new CDC guidelines, fully vaccinated people can travel again
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reviewed its travel guides, saying people who are completely vaccinated against COVID-19 can travel safely around the country.
You will not have to take tests or self-quarantine if you are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 in the last three months, “CDC officials said. You should still follow all other travel recommendations.”
The Los Angeles County Travel Notice previously required that all travelers entering or returning to the county from other states or countries self-quarantine for 10 days.
The new CDC guide does not eliminate the requirement to test COVID-19 before or after the trip if your destination requires it.
Vaccinated travelers still need to follow safety guidelines while traveling, including face masks, maintaining social distances, and frequent hand washing or the use of hand sanitizer.
The CDC urges people who are not vaccinated to ask them to delay travel, “because travel increases the chances of obtaining and disseminating COVID-19.”
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