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Wearing masks again mandatory in Washington DC

People in Washington, DC will again have to wear masks indoors, regardless of whether or not they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Mayor of the US capital city Muriel Bowser has announced that corona cases are increasing rapidly across the country. According to the new mandate, starting at 5 a.m. on Saturday, all DC residents over the age of two, regardless of their vaccination status, will be required to wear a mask in indoor public places. Things have changed during (pandemic), and we have to adapt too.

“I think it won’t be a big lift for a lot of people and keeping in mind some of the people in the district, which had the strictest mask mandate during the pandemic, have never stopped wearing masks indoors,” he said. did not do.

Additionally, officials are working to make a vaccination mandatory for DC government employees.Providing an update to the district’s virus data at the news conference, DC Health Director Laquandra Nesbitt cited a five-fold increase in DC’s daily case rate so far in July.

Virus rates are particularly high for children aged 5 to 14 and young adults aged 20 to 34, according to the director, who said many new cases have been linked to travel in large groups, eating out and social activities. has been linked to.

The need for the new masks comes a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) categorized the nation’s capital as having high enough COVID-19 transmission areas above the moderate category.

For areas with substantial transmission possibilities, the CDC recommends indoor mask mandates regardless of vaccination status.

According to CDC metrics, substantial transmission occurs in any area that has reported 50 to 100 new cases per 100,000 residents in the past week, or is reporting a test positivity rate between 8 percent and 10 percent.

According to the CDC, DC had a seven-day case rate of 58.09 per 100,000 residents, and a seven-day test positivity rate of 2.59 percent.