Washington, D.C. will restore its masking requirement for most of the capital's indoor public spaces as the city grapples with a new wave of coronaviruses and braces for omicron, a new virus variant that researchers believe may be more infectious.
On May 14, 2021, tourists in face masks visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
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The policy will be reexamined at the end of January, when the mask mandate will go into effect, according to the mayor.
The vaccine mandate for D.C. workers was announced by the mayor, who also said that the test-out option would no longer be available.
Washington, D.C. will open new testing sites and push back the school district's return to classes after winter break by two days in order to distribute at- home tests for students.
Washington, D.C. followed New York and California in announcing the return of indoor masking requirements.
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The D.C. health department reported 844 new coronaviruses infections on Thursday, the most recent day for which data was available. There were 125 daily cases reported a week before.
The key background.
There are new measures like mask mandates and vaccination requirements that have been put in place due to the increasing number of coronaviruses infections. The vast majority of new coronaviruses in the US are still made up of the delta variant, health officials said Monday.
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