NEWS BRIEF: Masks must still be worn on public transport, CDC says
Don’t throw away your masks just yet
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended for at least another two weeks a requirement that masks be worn by passengers on public transport. The order covers trains, buses, airplanes, and transportation hubs.
A Biden administration official told news outlets the CDC is continuing the mandate to give the agency “additional time to learn more” about the BA.2 subvariant of COVID-19 and “make a best-informed decision.” npr.org
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