CDC Takes Cautious Approach to Travel for the Fully Vaccinated

March 9, 2021, 7:29 PM UTC

Lack of comprehensive evidence on Covid-19 transmission is prompting the CDC to be overly cautious on its guidance to vaccinated people who want to travel, epidemiologists and doctors say.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t include any changes to travel guidance for fully vaccinated individuals in its recommendations released Monday. The CDC continues to urge that people delay travel.

The main concern for vaccinated people traveling would be spreading Covid-19 to other travelers. The three vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration are highly effective at preventing infection and serious illness in vaccinated people, but evidence is ...

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