In the past year, health experts have continued to study how COVID-19 spreads from person to person. As part of their research, they determined that the risk of transmitting COVID-19 varies dramatically in terms of specific locations and activities. In other words, you are much more likely to catch or spread the coronavirus in certain locations or situations. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated a page on their official travel website, revealing a new list of activities they consider to be most at risk. The following are some activities that put you at greater risk of having COVID-19, according to the CDC. Keep reading – and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these sure signs that you’ve had Coronavirus.
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Travel to certain countries or territories
According to the CDC, traveling from a country or territory in the United States with a Level 2, Level 3 or Level 4 Travel Health Warning is incredibly risky. This currently includes most of the world – yes, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, Poland, among others – except Australia, Greenland, New Zealand, China and some countries in Africa and Asia.
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Social gatherings
The CDC continued to warn against any major social gathering. This includes weddings, funerals or other types of parties. Don’t go to them – or if for some reason you need to, “wear masks in public environments, such as public and mass transportation, at events and meetings, and wherever they are close to other people,” advises the CDC.
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Other mass meetings
Sporting events, concerts or parades are all specifically named by the CDC as mass meetings that present the greatest risk. “A mass meeting is a planned or spontaneous event with a large number of people in attendance that can impair the planning and response resources of the community hosting the event, such as a concert, festival, conference or sporting event,” they said in the past .
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Going to crowded places
Crowded indoor spaces are incredibly dangerous for the spread of COVID. “Being in crowds like in restaurants, bars, fitness centers or cinemas” is also risky, according to the CDC.
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Public transportation
“Taking public transport, like trains or buses, or being in transportation centers, like airports”, is putting yourself at risk for COVID, according to the CDC. Because? Being in any closed space with other people can offer the opportunity for the virus to spread.
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Traveling by Boat
Whether you are traveling on a cruise ship or a river boat, you are putting yourself at risk COVID warns the CDC: “The CDC recommends that everyone avoid traveling on cruise ships, including river cruises, throughout the world, due to the risk of COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high. It is especially important that people at greater risk of serious illnesses avoid traveling on cruise ships, including river cruises. “
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How to survive this pandemic
As for you, follow Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fundamentals and help stop this wave, no matter where you live – wear a face mask, social distance, avoid large crowds, don’t go home with people you’re not sheltered from (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, get vaccinated when available and, to protect your life and that of others, do not visit any of these 35 places you’re most likely to reach COVID.