CDC Issues Overhaul to Mask Mandate in Hospitals and Nursing Homes

CDC Issues Overhaul to Mask Mandate in Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Health care workers are seen in a recent file photo. Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a change to its guidance late last week and will no longer require nursing homes and hospitals to require masking in some areas.

In a revision on Sept. 23, the CDC said that nursing home facilities and hospitals in a number of areas without “high” community transmission can choose not to require” all doctors, patients, and visitors to wear masks. It’s one of many changes to the CDC’s COVID-19 guidance since August when the agency’s leadership announced an overhaul of how it responds to pandemics.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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