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Despite new CDC guidance, Anchorage mask mandate remains unchanged for now

Despite new CDC guidance, Anchorage mask mandate remains unchanged for now Daniella Rivera © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Anchorage remains under an emergency order requiring masks in public settings. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In Anchorage, a mask mandate remains in effect despite new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday that significantly eases mask requirements for fully vaccinated people. The CDC now says fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks indoors, with the exception of crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters. However, the new guidance does not negate state and local restrictions.

Anchorage acting mayor announces plans to revoke mask mandate on May 21

Anchorage Assembly votes to end mask mandate effective immediately Daniella Rivera © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Undated shot of Anchorage, Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Assembly voted Friday afternoon to end the city’s mask mandate effective immediately. While Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson announced earlier in the day that the mandate would be revoked on May 21, the assembly voted 8-1 in a Friday afternoon meeting to revoke the mandate immediately. The sole “no” vote came from Assembly member Meg Zaletel. “Providing this time to plan and give people an opportunity to think through what they need to do to keep themselves safe I think is an important step in being responsible as we transition out of this time,” Zaletel said.

Minnesota reports first case of South African COVID-19 variant

Individual who recently travelled internationally may have exposed patient to the virus. Written By: Matthew Guerry | × A coronavirus graphic. Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ST. PAUL State health authorities on Thursday, March 11, identified the first person in Minnesota known to have contracted a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was initially discovered in South Africa. The infected individual is in their 40s and resides in the Twin Cities area, according to a State Department of Health news release. The individual has not been hospitalized but their situation is being monitored by health officials. The variant, officially known as B.1.3.5.1, is believed to be more transmissible than the common strain of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Thursday s announcement makes Minnesota the 22nd state to have identified an instance of the variant, which nationally has afflicted 91 people.

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