Updates To The Chicago Travel Advisory
With COVID-19 cases rising in all 50 states, the City has revised its Travel Advisory to include five places where coronavirus positivity rates have exceeded 15 in 100,000 — due mostly to the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 “Delta variant.” Those locations are, in descending order of severity: Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, the Virginia Islands, and Nevada. Unvaccinated individuals traveling from the states or territories on the Orange list are advised — not required — to obtain a negative COVID-19 test result no more than 72 hours prior to arrival in Chicago or to quarantine for a 10-day period upon arrival. Vaccinated individuals are exempt from the Advisory, which will be updated weekly going forward. You can learn more from Mayor Lightfoot and CDPH Commissioner Dr. Arwady’s July 20 press conference.
Returning Chicago residents and out-of-state visitors arriving in Chicago are urged to get vaccinated and abide by all remaining federal, state, and local safety measures.
Adhere to masking rules: Masks are required on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States and in U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and stations.
It is recommended that you bring a copy of your COVID-19 vaccination records while traveling.
The yellow list contains all over locations in the country: Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Indiana, North Dakota, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, Utah, New York, Alaska, Vermont, Ohio, Idaho, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Rhode Island, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, New Mexico, Iowa, Texas, Maryland, South Dakota, Virginia, Nebraska, Kansas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Hawaii, New Jersey, California, Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia, Maine, Minnesota, and Washington, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
More information can be obtained at the City’s official coronavirus resource hub at chicago.gov/coronavirus.