13 May 2021
President Joe Biden celebrated news the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted their mask mandate for fully vaccinated Americans Thursday.
“Today is a great day for America in our long battle with the coronavirus,” Biden said.
The president emerged from the Oval Office without his mask and approached the podium in the Rose Garden where Vice President Kamala Harris stood and complemented his smile.
I think it’s a great milestone. A great day,” Biden said. “It’s been made possible by the extraordinary success we’ve had in vaccinating so many Americans so quickly.”
The president told Americans if they were vaccinated, they could again hug people and shake their hands.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday (local time) announced that people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need their masks indoors and outdoors. In a guideline on its website, the CDC said that if people are fully vaccinated, they can resume their activities without any further restrictions prior to the pandemic. Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance, it said. People travelling in the United States will no longer need to get tested before or after arrival or self-quarantine after travel.
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Fully Vaccinated People In US Don t Need To Wear Mask: Medical Body Fully Vaccinated People In US Don t Need To Wear Mask: Medical Body Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing, said CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
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Washington, United States:
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday announced it was lifting mask-wearing requirements for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing, said CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
Revising its public guidelines on COVID-19, the top US medical body has modified the listed modes of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to comprise the probability of the virus being airborne