Commuting and Travel

Protective measures should be taken for all means of transportation including the use of masks, avoiding high frequency touch surfaces, frequent hand sanitizing, disposable glove use, avoidance of touching the mouth, nose or eyes, and socially distancing. Providing this education prior to employees’ return to work can help to alleviate anxiety over the transition to onsite work and can help to mitigate risk of exposure while commuting.

Depending on the duration of a commute, you and your employees should assess the safest method of travel and its feasibility. Protective measures should be taken for all means of transportation including the use of masks, avoiding high frequency touch surfaces, frequent hand sanitizing, disposable glove use, avoidance of touching the mouth, nose or eyes, and socially distancing.

See the CDC guidelines for various transportation precautions.

Personal and Work-Related Travel

Avoid all travel if you are sick or have been exposed to someone who is sick with COVID-19 within the past 14 days.

As COVID-19 has spread both internationally and nationally, the travel advisory is frequently changing. Refer to your city, state, and federal websites for national and international travel updates. If you are not sick, have not been exposed to anyone sick with COVID-19, and must travel during the pandemic, please, refer to the general CDC travel advisory which provides guidance on all known current and past outbreaks.