CNN Shuts Down Offices as COVID-19 Cases Rise: Memo

People enter the CNN Center in Atlanta, Ga., in a file photograph. Ric Feld/AP Photo

CNN is closing all its offices in the United States as COVID-19 cases have recently increased across the country, the cable station announced on Dec. 18.

Only employees who must work onsite will be allowed access to the offices and must remain masked regardless of vaccination status, CNN President Jeff Zucker in a memo to workers.