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The CDC mask mandate for public transport was further extended into 2022, due to the similar threat of the Omicron variant. By late-February 2022, the CDC had adjusted its metrics for "substantial and high transmission" to account for mitigating factors, stating that masks were not necessarily needed in roughly 70% of the country.
The emergence of two prominent COVID variants—BA.2.86 and EG.5—have left many wondering whether mask mandates will be reinstated by the CDC. See what to know.
The CDC says there are no plans to bring back Covid mask mandates. And even as cases rise, the U.S. is still weeks away from getting new Covid booster shots.
Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness. ... The CDC also reported over 14,700 flu ...
Monday's decision put into question the CDC's authority and reopened nationwide debate over court orders, but the health agency saysthe mask mandate is "lawful" and "well within CDC’s legal ...
US Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Kim accompanied by local officials at the Presidential Palace wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The new guidance follows recent decisions in Los Angeles and St. Louis to revert to indoor mask mandates amid a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations that have been especially bad in the South.
Indoor mask mandates are not necessary to be safe now across most of the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.