New CDC Mask Guidelines Include The Entire NYC

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Hold onto your masks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the delta variant of the coronavirus is fueling infection surges.

New guidance applies to counties with transmission rates considered “substantial” or “high.” Per the most recently available CDC data, all five New York City counties along with Suffolk and Nassau counties fall under the new guidance. The rate was the worst in Staten Island.

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