Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently told all Americans to ... enjoy their Memorial Day?
After a year of travel warnings ahead of major holidays, the CDC decided to tell fully vaccinated Americans to travel and enjoy time with their loved ones, according to The Washington Post.
- “Thanks to vaccines, tens of millions of Americans are able to get back to something closer to normal: visiting friends and family,” Walensky said, according to The Washington Post. “These are the events we missed over the last year, and we are now safe … when we are vaccinated.”
However, Walensky warned those who are not vaccinated from traveling, saying those people should take precautions to remain safe.
- “We are on a good downward path, but we are not quite out of the woods yet,” she said, according to The Washington Post. “Here’s to the start of blue skies and better days ahead.”
The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that 1.8 million people traveled last weekend, which was the highest number since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. State Department has issued a “do not travel advisory” to Japan, though, ahead of the upcoming 2021 Summer Olympics, according to CNN.
- Specifically, the state department has issued the “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory, which is the highest level of warning. The department is concerned about Japan’s coronavirus outbreak.