BREAKING - CDC to extend travel mask mandate: reports say
The Biden administration had been expected to issue a flexible masking plan this week to replace the nationwide mandate.
Republican lawmakers, along with airline officials, had been asking the administration to do away with the federal mask mandate for travel,Airline CEOs cited vaccine efficacy and the “burden” of enforcing the mandate in a letter to the president last month as reasons to roll back the requirements. “Now is the time for the Administration to sunset federal transportation travel restrictions – including the international pre-departure testing requirement and the federal mask mandate – that are no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment,” the letter said, according to“Importantly, the effectiveness and availability of high-quality masks for those who wish to wear them gives passengers the ability to further protect themselves if they choose to do so,” the...
Many states have rolled back mask rules in restaurants, stores and other indoor settings. COVID-19 cases have also fallen since the peak of the omicron variant in January.
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