Public transport passengers must continue to wear masks until at least April 18th. The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday extended its mask for the use of masks, which was due to expire on March 18.
The extension comes on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a government official, who will help government agencies with a framework to review their policies on mask requirements for public transportation and health centers. transport.
The revised framework “will be based on the COVID-19[feminine[feminine community levels, risk of new variants, national data and the latest science, “the official said.
Hawaii, the only state that implements a quarantine requirement for travelers from other states, is planned lift this restriction on March 26th. He became the last state that reversed the inner mask requirementswhich expire on March 25th.
The CDC had mandatory first masks to public transport and transport centers in early 2021, following President Biden signed an executive order that obligatory passengers wear masks to airports and commercial airplanes, trains, public ships, including ferries and intercity buses.
He The TSA had extended its mask mandate in August and then again in January, though Airlines reported an increase in rebel passengers incidents, many of which related to the use of masks. Of the 814 incidents reported in 2022 to March 7, 535 of them involved masks, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration. Last year, the FAA received more than 5,500 complaints of undisciplined behavior, 4,290 of which were related to masks.
Sara Cook contributed to this report.
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