Indiana’s state health commissioner is urging Hoosiers not to let their guards down when traveling for spring break. Dr. Kris Box says it’s important to wear a mask and take the same precautions you do at home, when you go out of state.
“Do I have concerns about it? Yes, because past history shows us that vacations like this, holidays like Easter coming up, are times when we do tend to see a spike in our cases,” Box said during Wednesday’s COVID-19 press conference. “We do know that the B.1.1.7 variant is more infectious, meaning about 1.5 times more easily transmissible from one person to another. There’s still a little bit of a question, but it might even be more serious.”
Box noted that a lot of spring break hotspots have a higher percentage of the variant than Indiana does.
