An extension on the federal mask mandate on airplanes and in airports is being considered, White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha said on April 11, even as cases and hospitalizations around the United States have dropped significantly in recent months.
Jha, who was named to the position last month after Jeff Zients’s departure, told the NBC’s “Today” show that an extension of the months-long mask mandate is “absolutely on the table.” Mask mandates have been dropped nearly everywhere, including in Democrat-led cities earlier this year.
