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Apr. 18, 2021 9:50 PM
With the number of Israelis vaccinated against COVID-19 topping 5 million and the country experiencing fewer than 100 new daily cases, the government ended its outdoor mask mandate on Sunday, spurring widespread celebration and forcing people to change deeply ingrained habits formed by just over a year of mandatory virus precautions.
“I forgot I was wearing it. I walked outside and forgot to take it off,” Harold, an immigrant from Chicago, said as he removed his mask on the sidewalk outside a pharmacy in the Jerusalem suburb of Ramat Bet Shemesh.