WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia will lift its indoor mask requirement starting next week, as local COVID-19 infection cases continue to trend downward.
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DC Council Asks Mayor to Reconsider Lifting Mask Mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia will lift its indoor mask requirement starting next week, as local COVID-19 infection cases continue to trend downward.
Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington said the city was shifting to offering advice instead of sweeping rules. But masks will still be required in certain settings, like schools and nursing homes.
D.C. plans to lift its indoor mask mandate for public spaces next week, saying residents must learn to live with the coronavirus because it’s expected to permanently circulate within the community like the flu. The mask mandate will end on Monday, Nov. 22, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser surveyed her realm and decided her subjects could safely walk about and go indoors without a piece of cloth covering their face.
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday that the district will be lifting its indoor mask mandate for most locations starting Nov. 22.The mask mandate had been in place since
D.C. Council members are urging Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Department of Health to reverse the decision to drop the indoor mask mandate on Monday.
D.C. is expected to lift its indoor mask mandate starting Monday, Nov. 22, but members of the D.C. Council asked the mayor to reconsider. Ten of the council’s 13 members sent an open letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday night urging her to protect children and other vulnerable people, especial…
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and several of his colleagues said in a letter to Bowser on Wednesday that lifting the mask mandate would place the District ahead of the of science, including the guid...
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