{"id":6994,"date":"2024-07-10T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6994"},"modified":"2024-07-10T11:28:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:28:57","slug":"if-you-test-positive-for-covid-can-you-still-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/07\/10\/if-you-test-positive-for-covid-can-you-still-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Test Positive for Covid, Can You Still Travel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/travel\/covid-positive-travel.html\">NYT<\/a> With coronavirus cases on the rise, summer travelers are once again facing difficult questions. Here\u2019s the latest travel guidance from health experts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/03\/well\/live\/covid-symptoms-treatment-flirt-variants.html\">new coronavirus variants<\/a>&nbsp;gain traction across the United States, summer travelers are facing a familiar and tiresome question: How will the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/10\/well\/covid-flirt-variants-symptoms.html\">ever-mutating virus<\/a>&nbsp;affect travel plans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/respiratory-viruses\/guidance\/faq.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, the answers may be slightly different from those in previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about traveling this summer if you\u2019re worried about \u2014 or think you might have \u2014 Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"link-39dfb1e\">What\u2019s going on with Covid?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/forecast-outbreak-analytics\/about\/rt-estimates.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recent C.D.C. data<\/a>&nbsp;show that Covid infections are rising or most likely rising in more than 40 states. Hospitalization rates and deaths, while low compared with the peaks seen in previous years, are also on the rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The uptick is tied to a handful of variants \u2014 named KP.2, KP.3 and LB.1 \u2014 that now account for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a majority of new cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/travel\/covid-positive-travel.html\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYT With coronavirus cases on the rise, summer travelers are once again facing difficult questions. Here\u2019s the latest travel guidance from health experts. As&nbsp;new coronavirus variants&nbsp;gain traction across the United States, summer travelers are facing a familiar and tiresome question: How will the&nbsp;ever-mutating virus&nbsp;affect travel plans? 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