Both private businesses and state officials are trying to contain the more vaccine-resistant strain of coronaviruses, which is spreading throughout the United States.
There is a sign requiring mask use outside of a store in Union Station. The COVID-19 indoor mask mandate was restored by the mayor. Kevin Dietsch is the photographer.
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New York State began requiring masks on Monday in all indoor businesses where proof of Covid-19 vaccine isn't required, a mandate that will run until at least January 15.
The indoor mask mandate will be reintroduced in California.
masks are required in counties with significant Covid-19 transmission.
Apple is the first major retailer in the country to require customers to wear masks inside their stores.
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The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control told ABC that masks are for now. We have to find a way to do it.
The key background.
As more Americans received Covid-19 vaccines, the CDC shifted its guidelines in May, which led to the lifting of mask mandates in the summer. The director general of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that there would be a spike in Covid-19 cases as the vaccine-resistant omicron variant makes its way through the U.S. The Oxford University article shows that recipients of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have a fall in neutralization against the omicron variant compared to previous versions.
Chief critic.
Three New York counties will not comply with the state mandate. Nassau County Executive-elect BruceBlakeman said in a statement Monday that he will use a "common sense approach" when he takes office next month. The mandate is very confusing and unnecessarily over-complicated, according to the county executive.
There is a structure called the Tangent.
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced last week that all private employers have to have employees be vaccine free by December 27. Unvaccinated employees who work in nine of the company's Manhattan buildings were told to work from home. Unvaccinated employees were allowed to come to the office if they were tested for Covid-19 twice a week.
Some states have resisted mask mandates. The state of Florida reimbursed nearly $900,000 in funding it had previously denied to school districts that implemented mask mandates. Arkansas is considering a law that would ban schools from implementing mask mandates. An Arkansas judge temporarily blocked the law.
