US Medical Body Say Fully Vaccinated People Can Gather Indoors Without Masks Or Social Distancing

CDC announces guidelines for fully vaccinated people; allows fully vaccinated people to gather indoors without masks or social distancing.

Medical Assistant Keona Shepard holds up the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as she prepares to administer it at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center during the mass coronavirus vaccination in New Orleans, in this Thursday, March 4, 2021, file photo. (Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP, File)

New Delhi: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, has issued new guidelines for fully vaccinated people. According to the medical body, fully vaccinated people can gather indoors without masks or social distancing. 

According to an AFP report, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky added that fully vaccinated people can visit with unvaccinated people from one other household indoors without masks or distancing so long as the unvaccinated people are not at high risk for severe Covid-19. 

Fully-vaccinated people who come into contact with someone who has Covid-19 also won't need to take a test or quarantine unless they show symptoms - unless they live in a congregate setting like a nursing home or correctional facility. 

After a shaky start, immunization rate has been rising, about 59 million Americans have now received one or more vaccine doses that's about about 23 percent of the adult population said the AFP report. These recommendations came as US states were moving to reopen schools and businesses amid a drop in cases.

This is welcome news for the American people as US states were moving to reopen schools and businesses amid a drop in cases and the elderly are now free to visit with their healthy children and grandchildren. 

However, the CDC recommends that fully-vaccinated people still wear masks and maintain social distancing in public, or in indoor gatherings involving people from more than one household and doesn't allow meetings with people who have underlying conditions that place them at higher risk for severe Covid. The CDC has also recommended against domestic and foreign travel. 

Joe Biden tweeted advising people to continue wearing masks. 

From rolling out the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to securing enough doses for every American by the end of May — last week was a big week, but we still have further to go. Please keep wearing masks, stay socially distanced, and get vaccinated when it’s your turn.

— President Biden (@POTUS) March 8, 2021

Officials say a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of vaccine. 

While there is growing evidence that the vaccine stops infection, more research is required to confirm fully but scientist are confident that authorized Covid vaccines protect people against severe disease and death.