Defense Department Now Requires Masks Indoors, Regardless of Vaccination Status
On 7/28/21 at 10:10 PM EDT
The Department of Defense (DOD) is now requiring people to wear masks inside of all its indoor facilities, regardless of their vaccination status.
All service members, federal employees, onsite contractor employees and visitors must now wear a face mask indoors at any installations and other facilities owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the DOD, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks wrote in a memorandum issued Wednesday.
The DOD updated its policies in order to be in accordance with an updated mask guidance issued Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC s guidance recommended that vaccinated people start wearing face masks indoors in certain parts of the country.
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