CDC director advises against unvaccinated people travelling over Labour Day weekend

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has advised unvaccinated people to refrain from travelling this labour day weekend after a surge of the highly contagious delta Covid-19 variant cases.

Several states, including Washington, Mississippi and Florida have hit record levels of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations.

Walensky recommends spending the long weekend outdoors with other vaccinated family members, and "masking up" if you're near unvaccinated people.

Dr. Walensky said: "The vast majority of transmission takes place among unvaccinated people in closed indoor settings.

"Masks are not forever, but they are for now."