New York State stops requiring indoor masks

New York State stops requiring indoor masks

However, the mask It will continue to be mandatory in schools, nursing homes, social centers and prisons. From now on, it will be the municipalities and businesses that decide whether or not to require it from their administrators and clients.

The mask will also continue to be mandatory in public transport -trains, subways, buses, airports- governed by federal legislation.

To justify your decision, Governor Hochul alleged that health indicators are “down” in the city which was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020, and which has left more than 38,000 dead.

The use of the mask has always been highly respected by New Yorkers highly traumatized by the epidemic: not only is it mandatory indoors, but most people wear it on the street.

In all shops, restaurants and museums, in addition to the mask, the vaccination certificate is required accompanied by an identity document.

The state of New York thus joins others such as California, Oregon, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware or Massachusetts that throughout this week have begun to announce measures to abandon masks indoors.

Source: Ambito

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