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Multiple counties in the Chicago area and across Illinois are seeing “substantial” or “high” community transmission of COVID-19, placing them in the categories in which fully vaccinated people should resume wearing a mask indoors. Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said she anticipates Chicago to also move into the substantial category “very shortly.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update their mask guidelines on Tuesday, July 27, in light of surges of hyper-contagious delta variant. The CDC now recommends both unvaccinated and vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in public settings.

In which areas is the CDC recommending people wear masks indoors? The agency points to its COVID-19 data tracker showing levels of community transmission for each county in the U.S.

The CDC on Tuesday reversed course from its earlier loosening of masking guidelines, recommending in new guidance that vaccinated people continue to wear masks indoors in certain areas of the U.S. with high transmission. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Ahead of the CDC’s announcement that all Americans will be advised to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that the move is not as a result of ineffective vaccinations but as a precaution against the hyper-transmissible delta variant. “The reality is that we’re dealing with a much different strain...

California regulators have approved revised workplace pandemic rules that allow employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus the same freedoms as when they are off the job

The CDC revised its guidelines on Thursday, saying that vaccinated individuals should not be required to wear masks in indoor and outdoor settings, with some exceptions.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is defending the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, stressing that increasing political pressure had nothing to do with the abrupt shift in guidelines.

A number of states have embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most situations

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated mask guidance including recommending those that have been fully vaccinated to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control made a stunning announcement that Americans who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear a mask or socially distance indoors. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports

An unmasked President Joe Biden celebrated the CDC’s announcement Thursday that fully vaccinated people can remove their masks in most places, adding “get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance allowing fully vaccinated people to safely stop wearing masks and physical distancing in most places.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control, lays out the guidance for what people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely do indoors and outdoors.