The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to recommend that vaccinated people resume masking in public indoor spaces in areas with high or substantial Covid-19 transmission as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads via WSJ
in recent days. Officials in Los Angeles County and St. Louis County were among those, and several other cities and counties across the country have been considering requiring face coverings indoors regardless of vaccination status. Officials in California and New York City said Monday theyNewsletter Sign-upGet a morning briefing about the coronavirus pandemic three times a week and a weekly Health newsletter when the crisis abates.The CDC’s new mask guidance is a recommendation.
The change in federal mask guidelines comes after top health officials had been reviewing the recommendations for vaccinated people. White House officials in recent days said they were trying to anticipate any potential changes to the guidelines and determine how to communicate them to the public amid lagging vaccination rates.
But both the seven-day rolling average of cases and hospitalizations have sharply increased in recent weeks as the, with fewer than 60% of eligible people having completed their course of inoculation. Current and former administration officials say the CDC’s decision to lift mask and distancing guidelines for fully vaccinated people in May was based on the data and evidence available at the time.
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