CDC To Relax Covid-Era Rules On Masks Indoors & More; Announcement Likely Tomorrow
deadline.comThe Centers for Disease Control is expected tomorrow to relax its masking guidance in most indoor spaces tomorrow, according to the Associated Press.
CDC director Rochelle Walensky also hinted at changes, writing on Twitter this afternoon: “At @CDCgov, we have been analyzing our #COVID19 data and shifting our focus to preventing the most severe outcomes and minimizing healthcare strain.” Local health officials in California said today they were anticipating changes from the CDC, as well.Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, while briefing reporters today about a loosening of masking rules in the region, said “as early as tomorrow, we expect the CDC to release new framework for managing Covid-19.”L.A.
has pledged to keep certain masking restrictions in place until the county dips from the “widespread” to the “moderate” level of spread per the current CDC definitions.
While Ferrer today projected it would be mid-March before the county will meet those measures, she also said that the CDC revise “will include updated metrics.” Presumably those will be less stringent, given that Covid numbers are falling across the board in the U.S.
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