Fully-vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing.
The recommendations were announced Monday by federal health officials.Â
They also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren.
Officials say a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of vaccine.
About 30 million Americans or only about 9% of the U.S. population have been fully vaccinated with a federally authorized COVID-19 vaccine so far.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people who are fully vaccinated should still not travel.
However, industry group Airlines for America says heavily filtered air and mask-wearing make it less likely for passengers to get infected with the virus.
The director of the CDC says there is usually a rise in COVID-19 cases following a surge in travel.
Health experts predict that could happen in the upcoming weeks due to Spring Break.
A source with the airline industry says the CDC should publicly release the criteria used to make adjustments to travel guidelines.
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(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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