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Businesses consider easing mask requirements after State announcement
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Coloradans who are fully vaccinated no longer have to wear masks indoors but local businesses are still deciding if they want to implement this at their shops.
On Thursday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the announcement that those who are fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine no longer have to wear masks indoors. The next day on Friday, Governor Jared Polis made a similar announcement with a change to the state s mask order that allows fully vaccinated people to ditch the mask in most settings.
The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs City Council, El Paso County and five other organizations have asked the state to let restaurants reopen for indoor dining at 25 percent capacity, with a maximum of two households per table â and to increase that to 50 percent in two weeks if COVID-19 numbers keep falling.
The two jurisdictions, plus the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC, El Paso County Board of Health, Pikes Peak Chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association and Visit COS, sent a letter to Gov. Jared Polis on Dec. 18 requesting that the state consider a counterproposal to its Five Star certification program.