California Dropping Indoor Mask Mandate For Vaccinated People
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The change goes into effect after Feb. 15, with Gov. Gavin Newsom citing a 65% drop in COVID-19 cases since the state's Omicron surge.
California will end its indoor masking requirement for vaccinated people next week but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren, state health officials announced amid rapidly falling coronavirus cases.
After Feb. 15, unvaccinated people will still be required to be masked indoors, and everyone — vaccinated or not — will have to wear masks in higher-risk areas like public transit and nursing homes and other congregate living facilities, officials said. Local governments can continue their own indoor masking requirements and last week Los Angeles County's health officials said they intend to keep theirs in place beyond the state deadline.
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