Vermont Health Department urges testing after gatherings
Posted Dec 28, 2020 7:32 am.
Last Updated Dec 28, 2020 7:44 am.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Health Department is urging anyone who gathered with people outside their households over the holidays to get tested for the virus that causes COVID-19 seven days after the get-together.
And those who hosted out-of-state visitors should quarantine for 14 days or seven days and get a negative test.
The Health Department made the rules specially for holiday gatherings. From Dec. 23-Jan. 2 one household may gather with one other trusted household.
But the Health Department reminds people that staying home with your immediate family members is still the lowest risk.
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AIRPORT TRAVEL
The average number of passengers who travelled through the Burlington International Airport over Christmas was down 80%, according to airport officials.
Airport Manager Gene Richards calls the low number “great” because he hopes it will help Vermont avoid a spike in cases following the holidays.
Richards told WCAX-TV an average of 11,000 travellers come through the Burlington airport this time of year, but this year there have been about 2,000.
“This is a real blessing in our eyes to have less people travelling in and out of Vermont,” Richards said. “We know that the bounce from the holidays will hopefully be a little less because of it.”
The Associated Press
