Tag: MASK

Mask policy changes come as a number of states scrap mask mandates as omicron cases and hospitalizations decline

Move is not mandatory: It remains optional for businesses, local governments, and counties to enforce

Agency 'still recommends that all schools encourage students to wear well-fitting masks consistently and while indoors'

State health officials said local governments can continue their own indoor masking rules

However, planned mask breaks may help with mask-related breathing problems tied to longer mask use

Move follows updated mask guidance issued by the CDC late last week

One option being discussed is to distribute the masks at community sites

All reprocessed N95 respirators met primary end points of function and effectiveness; no change reported in filtration efficiency

Order was triggered by a 47 percent spike in the state's per-capita rate of new COVID-19 cases during the past two weeks

So far, there are no confirmed cases of the omicron variant in New York City, according to the health commissioner