New York joins several states that are soon ending mask mandates as the latest COVID-19 surge due to the Omicron variant subsides across the country.
reported. It’s not yet clear whether she will renew or drop the mask mandate for New York schools, which expires in 2 weeks.
During Monday’s briefings, governors and state health officials all cited the recent reduction in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The relaxation of mask rules has been seen as a shift toward treating theBut on Tuesday, the CDC pushed back. With cases still high nationwide, “now is not the moment” to drop mask mandates, Rochelle Walensky, MD, the CDC director, told“I know people are interested in taking masks off. I, too, am interested,” she said.
Walensky said that she is “cautiously optimistic” that COVID-19 cases will fall below crisis levels soon but noted that she doesn’t “think we’re there right now.” The U.S. is still reporting more than 250,000 cases per day and higher rates of hospitalization than during the peak of theHochul’s announcement on Wednesday is expected to end the requirement that businesses must always ask customers for proof of full vaccination or wear a mask, thereported.
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