(WFSB) It s the biggest rollback of a pandemic-era rule; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said those who are fully vaccinated can now take their masks off indoors. Once you are fully vaccinated two weeks after your last dose, you can shed your mask,â said Rochelle Wolensky, director of the CDC.
Those who are fully vaccinated can now be mask-free indoors, except when it comes to transportation, hospitals, and homeless shelters. You can start doing the things you stopped doing because of the pandemic. We have all longed for this moment where we can get back to some sense of normalcy,â Wolensky said.
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The CDC says fully-vaccinated people can ditch their masks, but the mandate in California remains the same for now. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Wolensky said yesterday fully-vaccinated people don’t have to wear masks or physically distance in most circumstances, both indoors and outdoors. However, the state of California has not yet adopted the new guidelines. The CDC says people who are not fully vaccinated should continue to wear masks until they are. As of Thursday, about 37% of Californians had been fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
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Posted May 13, 2021
Onondaga County Health Commissioner Indu Gupta offers advice about when and where to wear masks under the CDC s newest guidance. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
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Without masks. Even indoors.
That’s the advice from Onondaga County’s top public health official, Dr. Indu Gupta, as the Centers for Disease Control issued new guidance loosening mask requirements for people who are fully vaccinated.
“You have everything,” she said, “to protect each other.”
But, Gupta said, there are serious caveats for those who are partially vaccinated or not vaccinated at all.
US Covid-19 guidance: Fully vaccinated people do not need masks outside
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that fully vaccinated Americans do not need to wear a mask when they are outdoors.
Those who have received all required jabs can ditch their face coverings if alone or in small groups of vaccinated people, the new guidelines say.
But the CDC left in place its guidance to don a mask indoors and in crowded settings or venues.
Over 95 million Americans have been fully vaccinated thus far.
Following the CDC announcement on Tuesday, President Joe Biden celebrated the new guidance as extraordinary progress .