(The Center Square) â With the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention issuing new guidelines Thursday afternoon for people who are fully vaccinated, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the state would amend its COVID-19 restrictions to align with the new guidance.
That means people who are two weeks or more out from their second shot of a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine can forego masks in most settings, including many indoor venues.
âBased on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic,â the CDC said in its online update Thursday.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday pointed to another sign that Kentucky's economy is recovering from the pandemic a credit rating agency's upgraded assessment of the state's financial outlook.
Among the areas where federal authorities said vaccinated people still need to wear a mask include hospitals, long-term care facilities and prisons.
While Beshear didnât commit to ending the mask mandate completely in his statement, House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, said it was âwell past the timeâ to end the mask and social distancing mandates.
âThe CDC speaks clearly to the need to rely on local, more targeted approaches and guidance, as well as the fact that individuals are prepared to make the decisions necessary to protect themselves,â the speaker said. âWhat further evidence does this administration need to open our state?âÂ
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Republican leaders in the Kentucky House are calling on Gov. Andy Beshear to reconsider the state s contract deadlock with Sunrise Services for Children, citing a provision added to state law this year they say protects the Baptist agency s religious rights.
The provision says no contract for children s services shall interfere with the contractor s freedom of religion. It also requires the state to allow the contractor to hire a subcontractor to deliver any services it can t provide because of religiously held beliefs. The language is unequivocally clear and ensures that the state cannot discriminate against a provider because of that organization s religious convictions, said the May 12 letter from House Speaker David Osborne and four other Republican leaders. It also was signed by 67 House Republicans.