Daily News | Philadelphia will end indoor mask mandate
that has made his city an outlier in the national COVID-19 response.
”I have committed through this whole dilemma, this whole pandemic, to follow the guidance of health professionals,” Kenney said Thursday in a video interview with the Washington PostKenney expressed hope that slightly declining hospitalization rates could be a sign the requirement is already showing positive results.
The number of people with COVID in city hospitals dropped to 65 Thursday, the lowest figure reported in a week.collided with a federal judge’s ruling that lifted the federal mask requirement on flights and mass transportation.led to confusion and frustration exacerbated when SEPTA said they would follow the judge’s order and end masking on trains, trolleys, and buses, as well as in stations and concourses.