The NJ Department of Health has also updated its travel and quarantine guidelines to align with the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NJ is no longer advising fully vaccinated individuals who travel domestically to self-quarantine or get tested after traveling. Also, fully vaccinated travelers do not need to get tested before leaving the United States unless it is required by their destination. The federal government requires fully vaccinated travelers coming to the US from abroad to have a negative COVID-19 viral test within three days of traveling or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 in the past three months before they board a flight to the US.
On Wednesday, the NJDOH reported that 827 individuals have tested positive for variants of SARS-CoV-2. 806 of these reported cases are the UK variant B.1.1.7, which has been found in every county in our state. The CDC is still learning how effective the COVID-19 vaccines are against variants of the virus. For more information on this topic, please follow this link to the CDC website.
Have a good weekend and stay safe.
Sarah Neibart
Mayor, Mendham Township