People fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors without masks, U.S. CDC says Mike Stobbe Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way – in a single household – with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren.
Biden launches sweeping COVID-19 initiatives on first full day of his presidency Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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U.S. President Joe Biden moved swiftly to co-ordinate a federal effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, his first full day in office, with steps to expand testing and vaccinations and increase mask-wearing.
At a White House event, Mr. Biden said the rollout of the vaccine in the United States has been a “dismal failure so far.”