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CDC to fully lift mask mandate
09 May, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control is lifting its face mask mandate for people visiting medical facilities such as hospitals, clinics and senior nursing homes.
This means people will no longer be required to wear face masks from 19 May. It is the final face mask mandate to be lifted. Moving forward, the CDC will only "recommend" that individuals visiting medical or elderly welfare facilities wear a face mask.
The CDC says the decision was made by an expert panel based on evidence that the coronavirus has been stable and under control in Taiwan, and that pandemic control measures have been relaxed worldwide.
The mandate on wearing face masks in medical facilities and nursing homes has been in place since 1 December 2020.
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