Vaccinated individuals can likely still bring disease (coronavirus and others) into other states and countries by traveling there. While the top-notch air filtration systems on airplanes and mask requirements lessen the concern of in-flight virus transmission, travelers should know "the situation you're traveling to is more important than the flight," Kenyon said. Tom Kenyon, the chief health officer at Project HOPE, an international global health and humanitarian organization. Though vaccinated travelers will surely be safer than their unvaccinated counterparts when it comes to sharing public spaces like airplanes, vaccinated people should take special care when traveling, according to Dr.
This official documentation will typically allow you to bypass any testing or quarantine requirements. Depending on the country you're visiting, you'll need to supply documented proof of a vaccine (in the form of the record card you receive at your place of vaccination), as well as some additional information. Vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax are in Phase 3 clinical trials in the United States. (The CDC considers a person fully vaccinated two weeks after his or her final vaccine dose, no matter which brand of vaccine received.) Currently, the CDC recommends vaccines developed by Pfizer (two doses), Moderna (two doses) and Johnson & Johnson (one dose).
Fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread COVID-19, but there are still risks involved with international travel and even vaccinated individuals may be exposed to or could contract some COVID-19 variants. Health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend fully vaccinated people act with caution when traveling internationally as more countries open to vaccinated people.