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State immediately adjusts outdoor mask-use guidelines to match CDC suggestions: Northam
Governor also pushes up effective date of change in limits at outdoor sporting events from May 15 to immediately, in time for this weekend's state high-school football championship games
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RICHMOND — If you're fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and outdoors, Gov. Ralph S. Northam says it is OK to shed your face mask, as long as you are alone or with others who have completed the regimen.
On Thursday, the governor amended his mask order to align with federal guidelines released earlier this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Anyone who is considered "fully vaccinated" — meaning they are two weeks removed from their last or only dose of the vaccine — is safe to be outside without a mask as long as they are alone or in a small group with others also fully vaccinated. Masks still would be required in crowded outdoor settings such as concerts and sporting events.