CDC warns Americans not to travel for New Year’s Eve

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The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has warned Americans to stay at home and not travel for the upcoming New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Travel and gatherings increase the risk of getting and spreading COVID-19. CDC, therefore, promotes celebrating at home with the household or virtually, with family and friends this year.

If celebrating with people outside the household, CDC suggests following a series of recommendations, such as wearing a mask both, indoors and outdoors, staying at least 6 feet apart, using disposable dishes, or avoiding crowds and insufficiently ventilated spaces.

The traditional New Year’s Eve party on Times Square is officially closed to the public, but it will be broadcasted on T.V.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a public health expert, warns that holiday gatherings might lead to America’s deadliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic and that post-seasonal surges should be expected.

Also, the CDC has set a guideline to prevent contracting and spreading the disease for those who must travel for New Year’s Eve.

This includes observing social distancing and wearing a face mask during all stages of travel.

On top of that, the new strain of COVID-19 freely circulating around the world increases the risk of getting infected and spreading the virus by 70%.

As of today, nearly 19 million Americans have been infected with the novel coronavirus, resulting in almost 330,000 deaths. 

Over the past week, there was an average of 189,578 cases and 2,250 deaths per day in the United States.

However, on Christmas Day more than 616,000 people flew to different states and more than a million traveled on Saturday, which became the third busiest day for air travel since March in the U.S.