Tag: Mask advisory

CDC Recommends Wearing Masks Six Months a Year

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its stance on masks and is now recommending wearing masks for up to six months a year in health care settings. “CDC is in the early stages of developing metrics that could be used to guide when to implement select infection prevention and control…


New York City Expands Vaccine Mandate to All Childcare Workers, Advises Masks ‘At All Times’ Indoors

The New York City government on Monday issued a new mask advisory “at all times” indoors and expanded the scope of its vaccine mandate to childcare workers, after a new COVID-19 variant of concern called Omicron was announced earlier this month. Effective immediately, every person in New York is “encouraged to wear a mask in…


Biden Says CDC Likely to Extend School Mask Guidance to Children Under 12

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is likely to extend its current mask-wearing guidance to children under the age of 12 when they return to school in the fall. “The CDC is going to say that what we should do is, everyone under the age of 12 should…


Biden Says CDC Likely to Expand School Mask Guidance to Children Under 12

President Joe Biden said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is likely to extend its current mask-wearing guidance to children under the age of 12 when they return to school in the fall. “The CDC is going to say that what we should do is, everyone under the age of 12 should probably…


New Orleans Mayor Issues Indoor Mask Advisory, Cites COVID-19 Case Increases

New Orleans officials on Wednesday issued an advisory telling people they should wear mask indoors, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in the state. Everyone is being asked to wear a mask indoors when with people who are not members of their immediate family. Mayor LaToya Cantrell said that instead of an indoor mask mandate, the…