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DETROIT – New guidelines from the CDC are offering some advice for people who are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The guidelines say that fully vaccinated grandparents can visit indoors with their unvaccinated healthy children and grandchildren without wearing masks or social distancing. There is still a chance the vaccinated grandparents could transmit the disease. The CDC said that the risk is lower for fully vaccinated people when dining in restaurants or going to the gym. AdThe CDC defines fully vaccinated as a person who is at least two weeks past the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Here’s what you missed on Local 4 News at 5:Can vaccinated grandparents visit their grandchildren? What to know about the CDC guidelinesThe White House COVID-19 response team provided an update on the pandemic on Monday afternoon. The guidance was very conservative but does provide a road map for those who are fully vaccinated to begin seeing other people.