The Alaska Marine Highway System joins major airlines, airports and other public modes of transport nationwide in dropping masking requirements.
The Aurora, a 235-foot Alaska state ferry, approaches the dock in Whittier, its departure point for its trip across Prince William Sound to Cordova. “The mask rule on ferries has been lifted for the ferries and the terminals,” said Sam Dapcevich, a spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation. “So no more masks required.”
The department announced the end of its mask requirement on Tuesday, the day after a federal judge struck down a directive from the Biden administration that required masks on public transportation. The judge’s decision prompted a flurry of announcements from major airlines, airports and other public modes of transport nationwide about the end of their masking rules.several outbreaks of COVID-19 on board vessels“We didn’t [require masks] at first, and there was an incident on the Tustumena when it was out on a chain trip…and the ship came back and was quarantined for a while in Seward,” he said. “I think at that point, we instituted a mask mandate.
Although passengers and employees are no longer required to wear masks, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends that people wear face coverings while indoors and on public transportation to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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