CDC warns against travel during Christmas, says Covid-19 crisis in coming months may be worst US has ever seen
With coronavirus cases soaring across the US, and hospitals hitting records and stretching resources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has strongly recommended against traveling during the upcoming winter holidays. It emphasizes that the safest thing to do is to stay at home. Before Thanksgiving, the agency had made a similar suggestion, urging Americans to stay home and celebrate only with those in their household.
“With the upcoming winter holidays, it is important for people to keep themselves and their families as safe as possible. CDC recommends that the best way to protect yourself and others is to postpone travel and stay home,” said Dr Henry Walke, the CDC’s Covid-19 incident manager, during a briefing. He added, “Cases are rising. Hospitalizations are increasing. Deaths are increasing. We need to try to bend the curve, stop this exponential increase,” Henry Walke.