For the second straight week, each U.S. state and territory is on Chicago’s journey advisory, town introduced Tuesday.
Final week marked the primary week each location was on town’s warning listing, however with no states or territories reaching the edge to be eliminated, the advisory remained unchanged in its weekly replace.
In line with town’s well being division, it has been almost a yr for the reason that final time each state and territory has been on the journey advisory.
States are added to the advisory’s “orange listing” when COVID metrics rise above the edge of 15 circumstances per day per 100,000 folks. Any beneath that mark are on the “yellow” listing, with public well being officers nonetheless warning towards non-essential journey.
“Should you’re unvaccinated and also you journey, you’re taking an enormous well being threat,” Chicago Division of Public Well being Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady mentioned in an announcement. “Crucial factor you are able to do proper now – whether or not you’re planning to journey or not – is to get totally vaccinated and get a booster shot if you end up eligible. Individuals are ending up in hospitals each day who didn’t assume they’d ever be there – and almost all of them are unvaccinated. Individuals are dying each day – and overwhelmingly they’re unvaccinated.”
Simply earlier than the Labor Day vacation final yr, town up to date its steering for what unvaccinated vacationers visiting or coming back from areas on the advisory 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 resembling 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 no less than 6 toes/2 meters (about 2 arm lengths) from anybody who shouldn’t be touring with you, and wash your fingers usually or use hand sanitizer (with no less than 60% alcohol).
After journey, unvaccinated people ought to:
- Get examined with a viral check 3-5 days after journey AND keep house and self-quarantine for a full 7 days.
- Even for those who check detrimental, keep house and self-quarantine for the complete 7 days.
- In case your check is optimistic, isolate your self to guard others from getting contaminated.
- Should 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 watch themselves for COVID-19 signs and isolate and get examined in the event that they develop any after journey.
“We’ve seen and know that journey is a big threat issue for buying COVID,” Arwady mentioned. “Should you resolve to not get examined, the advice is definitely to remain house and self quarantine for 10 days after journey, and you need to 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 for those who develop signs.”
This week’s replace to the journey advisory comes at a time when the common each day variety of new circumstances in Chicago sat at 4,793 per day, marking a drop from final week’s 5,189.
That determine is way increased than the low of 34 town noticed in late June and now exceeds the greater than 700 circumstances per day town was seeing throughout the latest surge earlier this yr.
Hospitalizations, nevertheless, are averaging 187 per day, a rise of 37% within the final week. Deaths are additionally reporting a rise of 25% within the final week.
The positivity price in testing dropped to 18.9% this week, down from 21% the week prior.
The journey advisory is up to date each Tuesday, with any modifications taking impact the next Friday.
