Uber and Lyft dropping mask requirements
Uber riders and drivers can also leave their masks at home. The ride-service company announced facial coverings are no longer mandatory in their vehicles. Lyft also suspended their mask requirements.
The Justice Department says it will not appeal a federal district judge’s ruling that ended the nation’s federal mask mandate on public transit unless the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the requirement is still necessary.
Uber riders and drivers can also leave their masks at home. The ride-service company announced facial coverings are no longer mandatory in their vehicles. Lyft also suspended their mask requirements.
It’s a lot easier these days to get at-home COVID-19 tests, but many of those test results are not being reported.
The order was set to expire April 18, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday extended it by two weeks.
Daily COVID-19 cases are ticking up in the U.S. once again, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A month-long sweeping review of the CDC is set to begin next week. The news comes the same day as the announcement of a $10 billion bipartisan plan for COVID-19 relief.
Federal officials are dropping a health warning that they have attached to sailing on cruise ships since the start of the pandemic.
The CDC has signed off on a second booster shot for people over 50, and the BA.2 subvariant is now the dominant strain in the U.S.
Wilson says the mandate is unlawful and exceeds the authority of the CDC.
The CDC predicts less than 13,000 people may die from the virus over the next four weeks. That’s nearly a 50% drop from the previous forecast and the lowest that number has been projected so far this year.