Amazon and Walmart lift mask rules for vaccinated workers
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Amazon and Walmart are no longer requiring fully vaccinated workers to wear masks unless required to do so by state or local mandates, both retailing giants told employees in separate memos.
The rollbacks come as more U.S. states lift mask mandates and COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant recede.
Walmart told its roughly 1.6 million U.S. employees on Friday that those who are fully vaccinated would no longer have to cover their faces in any Walmart or Sam's Club facility, unless required by state or local ordinance. Unvaccinated workers and those in health clinics and pharmacies will still need to wear masks.
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