The state will follow the new CDC guidance and masks will be required in child care, schools and camps as most children are not vaccinated or not eligible to be vaccinated yet. Roy Cooper lifted all mandatory capacity, gathering limits and social distancing requirements while easing most mask requirements. On Friday, Minnesota and North Carolina ended their mask mandates. The pandemic saw local leaders impose restrictions upon their constituents, with many of the most stringent lockdowns ordered by Democratic leaders. The new guidance comes on the heels of the CDC's approval of the COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds on Wednesday.Ĭurrently, 22 state governments, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, require people to wear face coverings in public settings. The CDC said locals must continue to abide by existing state and local regulations and business rules. "If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing Thursday. Whether states that choose to follow CDC guidelines will keep their mask mandates in place for unvaccinated individuals, remains unclear. Local leaders in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, California, and Washington, D.C., which are all led by Democrats, said Thursday they'd take the new CDC guidance under advisement before adopting. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, announces that the CDC eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people.
Masks will continue to be required in some places, whether you are vaccinated or not.
If someone nearby is not wearing a mask and you can't move to another seat or move away, Metro-North advises reporting the incident to your conductor. Metro-North said facemasks will continue to be required, regardless of your vaccination status, on all Metro-North trains, platforms, and inside stations and the terminal. The state will be using the honor system and is relying on unvaccinated people to keep their masks on when inside, according to officials. Multiple People Rescued from Fire in Bridgeport: Fire Department