Posted on 07/30/21
| News Source: NY Post
Mayor Bill de Blasio will issue local guidance next week on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new advice that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people should wear masks indoors to protect against the virulent Delta variant of the coronavirus.
“On Monday, we’ll give a shape of things to people to help guide them while emphasizing the thing that’s absolutely irreplaceable is vaccination,” de Blasio said at his daily press briefing Thursday.
On Tuesday, the CDC recommended indoor-mask mandates even for fully vaccinated people in areas experiencing spikes in COVID-19 cases.
The recommendation is a reversal of the agency’s determination in May that vaccinated people could ditch their face coverings in most indoor settings.
De Blasio has resisted following the CDC’s advice, saying it could deter the roughly 45 percent of New York City residents who are still unvaccinated from getting the shot.