Here’s what the CDC says you can do once you’ve been fully vaccinated for COVID-19

© Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff Ten-year-old Gabriel Waller played his clarinet for his grandparents Josie and Lew Schneider from a safe distance in April 2020. The CDC’s guidance released Monday says fully vaccinated grandparents can visit indoors with their unvaccinated, healthy children and grandchildren as long as the unvaccinated people are not at risk for severe COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released long-awaited guidance on what people can do after they’ve been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

About one year into the pandemic, the federal guidance says fully vaccinated people can socialize a bit more freely, giving Americans the first glimpse at what a return to a new normal might look like in the months ahead.

During a White House COVID-19 briefing Monday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky specified what qualifies as a fully vaccinated person. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they have received the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, she said.

“We believe these new recommendations are an important first step in our efforts to resume everyday activities in our communities,” Walensky said. “However, we remain in the midst of a serious pandemic, and so over 90 percent of our population is not fully vaccinated, but we are working hard to get there.”

Walensky also noted that the guidance released Monday is the CDC’s initial recommendations, and the agency will continue to update it as more people get vaccinated, the levels of COVID-19 infections decline, and as its understanding of COVID-19 immunity improves.

Here’s what the CDC said you can do once you’ve been vaccinated.

Fully vaccinated people can:

Fully vaccinated people should still:

Here’s a look at the CDC’s guidance for visits between people who have been vaccinated and those who haven’t, with specifications for circumstances of the unvaccinated people to determine the level of risk that socializing poses.

People who have been fully vaccinated visiting with unvaccinated people from a single household where no one is at risk of severe COVID-19 can:

People who have been fully vaccinated visiting with unvaccinated people from a single household where members are at risk of severe COVID-19 should:

The CDC notes that visits between people who have been fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people from multiple households poses a higher risk of contracting COVID-19, because two unvaccinated households still pose a risk to each other.

People who have been fully vaccinated visiting with unvaccinated people from multiple households should:

Guidance on bigger gatherings and travel remains unchanged

The CDC said it was not updating its travel recommendations and requirements for vaccinated people, meaning the agency still recommends everyone stay home and avoid travel.

The agency also recommends that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, avoid medium- or large-sized in-person gatherings and follow local guidance that may restrict the size of gatherings.