Walmart, Trader Joe s and Costco say vaccinated customers don t have to wear masks in stores CNN 1 hr ago By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business © Ting Shen/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Shoppers wearing face masks leave a Costco wholesale store in Washington, D.C., Aug. 14, 2020.
Shoppers who are vaccinated against Covid-19 can shop without masks in some Walmart, Sam s Club and Costco locations as well as at Trader Joe s, the companies said in separate announcements Friday.
The news follows new guidance that fully vaccinated people can go without masks under most circumstances.
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fully vaccinated people don t have to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except when in healthcare settings, on public transportation, or in other areas where governments require masks. People will still need to follow workplace and local businesses
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[It s] big news for us, particularly if anybody s been in Florida in the middle of summer with a mask on, CEO Bob Chapek joked with analysts on an earnings call about two hours after the new recommendations were released. Given the guidance that just came today from the CDC, and earlier guidance that we got from the governor of Florida, we ve already started to increase our capacities, he said.
The CDC now says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a face mask or stay 6 feet away from others in most settings, whether outdoors or indoors, according to the updated guidance. It s the first time the federal government has encouraged people to stop wearing masks since the agency first called for face coverings more than a year ago. It marks a major turning point in the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. and brings the country one step closer to normalcy. Public health experts also said the change is likely to encourage more Americans, especially those still hesitant about receiv
Despite CDC COVID Guidance, Some Still Require Masks By Ralph Ellis
This story was updated on May 20, 2021.
May 14, 2021 New CDC guidance says fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors, but many businesses and some state and local governments have not relaxed their own mask rules yet. The whole country is not a homogeneous space, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said Thursday in explaining that the CDC doesn’t trump state and local restrictions. So, we have some jurisdictions that have higher levels of cases. We have some jurisdictions that have lower levels of vaccine administration.
Big companies such as Home Depot, Walgreens, and Macy’s are keeping policies requiring employees and shoppers to mask up at least for the time being, according to Insider. Others, however, have taken steps to ease or drop mask requirements, including Target, Kroger, Publix, Costco. Starbucks, Walmart and Trader Joe s.
Washington: The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday advised that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can avoid wearing them indoors in most places, updating guidance the agency said will allow life to begin to return to normal.
The CDC, which hopes the guidance will prod more Americans to get vaccinated, also said fully immunized people will not need to physically distance in most places.
The turnaround came just 16 days since CDC issued revised guidance that left many restrictions in place for vaccinated people. The agency came under fire in March for initially discouraging immunized grandparents to fly to visit loved ones.
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