US lifts indoor mask guidance for vaccinated people
Published: 10:06 PM, May 14, 2021
US President Joe Biden pulls off his face mask as he arrives to speak about loosening coronavirus disease mask guidelines while delivering an update on the administration's pandemic response outside the White House in Washington. - Reuters File Photo
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WASHINGTON: The top US health agency on Thursday said it was lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight.
The announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) marked an abrupt turnaround after more than a year of urging people to cover their faces to stem the spread.