Experts recommend anyone get tested for COVID-19 after holiday travel

When you’ve got traveled for the vacations, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention recommends you get examined for COVID-19 whenever you return house to assist forestall the unfold of the virus. You will have been uncovered however don’t have any signs.

CDC guidance on testing and domestic travel

So when must you go for a check? The CDC recommends you get examined three to 5 days after your journey and keep house for seven days, in case you can.

The CDC recommends even in case you check damaging, you need to keep house for the complete seven days. A damaging check does not imply that you simply weren’t uncovered. You possibly can nonetheless develop COVID-19. Look ahead to signs for 14 days after you journey.

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If you don’t get examined after journey, the CDC recommends you keep house for 10 days.

In case your check is constructive, you want to isolate your self to guard others from getting contaminated.

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The Houston Well being Division and its companions are providing 19 free testing websites this week. Some websites do require appointments. Totally different websites will shut on sure days for the New Yr’s vacation.

City of Houston COVID testing sites