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Chicago Reinstates Mask Requirement for Indoor Public Settings
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Tuesday that it will re-institute a face mask mandate for all indoor public settings as the average number of new daily cases of COVID-19 in Chicago surpasses 400. All individuals aged 2 and over, regardless of their vaccination status, will be required to wear a mask as of Friday, August 20, while indoors in public settings.
“With the highly transmissible Delta variant causing case rates to increase, now is the time to re-institute this measure to prevent further spread and save lives,” said CDPH Commissioner Allison Arwady. “We continue to track the data closely and are hopeful this will only be temporary and we can bend the COVID curve, as we’ve done in the past.”
The mask requirement covers bars and restaurants, gyms, common areas of condos and multi-residential buildings, and private clubs, CDPH said.
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