CDC: Many Americans can go outside without mask
By Mike Stobbe - AP Medical Writer
Nurses from the nearby St. Thomas’ hospital sit atop the National Covid Memorial Wall in London on Tuesday. Here in the United States, vaccinated people can be without masks outdoors after a change by the CDC.
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CDC says many vaccinated Americans can now go outside without a mask
U.S. health officials say that fully vaccinated or not, people do not have to wear masks outdoors when they walk, bike or run alone or with members of their household.
By MIKE STOBBEAssociated Press
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Madeleine Dawson jogs along the Riverwalk in Lewiston in November 2020. The CDC said Tuesday that fully vaccinated or not, people do not have to wear masks outdoors when they walk, bike or run alone or with members of their household. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
NEW YORK The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance is that fully vaccinated Americans can forgo masks unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering outside in some cases, too.
NEW YORK The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations, too. The new guidance represents another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 570,000 people in U.S. For most of the past year, the CDC had been advising Americans to wear masks outdoors if they are within 6 feet of one another.
Infographic related to new mask guidelines. Some people wear masks and some don’t while walking down a crowded sidewalk on Main Street, Lake Placid, in July 2020. (News photo Andy Flynn)
Some people wear masks and some don t while walking down a crowded sidewalk on Main Street, Lake Placid, in July 2020. (News photo Andy Flynn)
NEW YORK The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations, too.