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The minister explained masks would still be required in certain situations, such as on public transport, in hospitals and in residential care homes.

"We need to be prepared, and we need to be ready for whatever comes next," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said.

As the U.S. recovers from the unprecedented wave of infections caused by the Omicron variant, states across the country have begun rolling out plans to deal with the coronavirus as a persistent but manageable risk in the future.

Masking is a tool in the tool kit, but there is no substitute for vaccination and boosting, says a physician.

A coalition of 10 U.S. states, led by Missouri, has filed a lawsuit against the Joe Biden administrations COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed on health care workers, which they said was "unconstitutional and unlawful."

As summer approaches, and with it the high risk of heatstroke, many schools are grappling with whether students should wear masks during PE class.

Anthony Fauci, the nations leading infectious-disease expert, said Sunday that people may decide to wear masks seasonally after the coronavirus pandemic to help avoid spreading or contracting respiratory illnesses such as the flu.

In response to the third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand, some provinces have ordered people to wear face masks in public. The penalty for violating this order is a fine of up to THB20,000, according to the Communicable Disease Act.

Wear your mask is becoming wear your masks.

As the man returned from the lavatory with a mask dangling from one ear, a flight attendant asked him to put it on properly.

Phuket has been hit by a shortage of face masks after one local was diagnosed with Covid-19 in this new wave of infections.

Earlier this month, with coronavirus cases rising dramatically across Wyoming, a coalition of medical experts and nearly every county health officer in the state wrote to Republican Gov. Mark Gordon with an urgent demand: to issue a statewide mask mandate.