Wearing facemasks mandatory even for vaccinated people in high-risk US areas
Wed, Jul 28, 2021
WASHINGTON: People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the top health authority said Tuesday, a major reversal in guidance that underscored the country s struggle to suppress the Delta variant.
President Joe Biden said the announcement showed that America needs to do better on vaccinations, adding that a vaccine mandate for the country s more than two million federal workers was now under consideration.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky cited new data that shows rare breakthrough cases involving Delta have an increased risk of onward transmission.
Mask mandate returns for high-risk parts of the US
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US tells vaccinated people in high Covid risk areas to mask up again
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US tells vaccinated people in high COVID-19 risk areas to mask again Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky cited new data that shows rare breakthrough cases involving Delta have an increased risk of onward transmission. A testing associate dressed in personal protective equipment helps people waiting in line to check in at a COVID-19 testing centre at Lincoln Park amid the coronavirus pandemic on 7 July 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: AFP.
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WASHINGTON - People vaccinated against COVID-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the top health authority said Tuesday, a major reversal in guidance that underscored the country s struggle to suppress the Delta variant.