Chicago’s journey advisory has remained the identical this week, with 48 states and three territories on town’s warning checklist, town introduced Tuesday.
The advisory, which is up to date weekly, didn’t see any states added or eliminated, leaving solely California and Puerto Rico off the checklist.
“Although the nationwide common day by day COVID case price continues a latest pattern of lowering every week, CDPH reminds unvaccinated vacationers that underneath the advisory, they need to be examined for COVID earlier than and after journey and may quarantine upon arrival in Chicago,” town’s well being division mentioned in a press release Tuesday.
Officers famous, nevertheless, that Connecticut may quickly be eliminated, ought to its numbers stay under the brink for one more week.
“Connecticut’s day by day case price is underneath 10 this week,” well being officers mentioned. “If the Structure State maintains a sub-15.0 day by day case price, it could come off the journey advisory subsequent week. No different states are eligible to return off the advisory subsequent week.”
States are added to the advisory’s “orange checklist” when COVID metrics rise above the brink of 15 instances per day per 100,000 individuals. Any under that mark are on the “yellow” checklist, with public well being officers nonetheless warning towards non-essential journey.
States and territories presently on the advisory embrace: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
Simply earlier than the Labor Day, town up to date its steerage for what unvaccinated vacationers visiting or coming back from such areas ought to do, including new testing and quarantining suggestions earlier than and after journey.
In line with town, earlier than journey, unvaccinated people ought to:
- Get examined 3-5 days previous to departure.
Whereas touring:
- ALL people no matter vaccination standing ought to put on a masks on planes, buses, trains, and different types of public transportation touring into, inside, or out of america and whereas indoors at U.S. transportation hubs akin to airports and stations.
- In Chicago, put on a masks in all indoor public settings, no matter vaccination standing.
- Keep away from crowds, attempt to keep not less than 6 ft/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anybody who shouldn’t be touring with you, and wash your arms usually or use hand sanitizer (with not less than 60% alcohol).
After journey, unvaccinated people ought to:
- Get examined with a viral take a look at 3-5 days after journey AND keep house and self-quarantine for a full 7 days.
- Even when you take a look at detrimental, keep house and self-quarantine for the complete 7 days.
- In case your take a look at is optimistic, isolate your self to guard others from getting contaminated.
- When you don’t get examined, keep house and self-quarantine for 10 days after journey.
- Keep away from being round people who find themselves at elevated threat for extreme sickness for 14 days, whether or not you get examined or not.
The town suggested all vacationers to observe themselves for COVID-19 signs and isolate and get examined in the event that they develop any after journey.
“We have now seen and know that journey is a major threat issue for buying COVID,” Arwady mentioned. “When you resolve to not get examined, the advice is definitely to remain house and self quarantine for 10 days after journey, and you must keep away from being round anyone who has an elevated threat for extreme COVID outcomes for 14 days after journey no matter whether or not you get examined or not. Clearly we wish anyone who’s touring to self monitor for COVID signs and get examined when you develop signs.”
This week’s replace to the journey advisory comes at a time when the typical day by day variety of new instances in Chicago is all the way down to 369 per day – a 16% lower over the earlier week and the primary time the quantity has dropped under 400 in weeks, in response to metropolis knowledge Tuesday.
That determine continues to be a lot greater than the low of 34 town noticed in late June however stays decrease than the greater than 700 instances per day town was seeing throughout the latest surge earlier this yr.
Hospitalizations in Chicago are down 40% from the earlier week and deaths dropped 24% from the week prior, per town’s knowledge. The positivity price in testing is all the way down to 2.6% this week, a drop from 3% within the final week.
Arwady famous final month that about 99% of recent COVID instances, hospitalizations and deaths are amongst unvaccinated people.
The journey advisory is up to date each Tuesday, with any adjustments taking impact the next Friday.
