As the CDC works on federal guidance for masking in schools, states have begun to take matters into their own hands, pushing ahead and leaning away from masks for the fall.
Plus, Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Latin America and new details about the new royal baby.for masking in schools, states have begun to take matters into their own hands, pushing ahead and leaning away from masks for the fall.
In conversations with the CDC, the agency told New York health officials that it was"not advisable" to let students or staff drop their masks indoors this year, and that the CDC is still"several weeks" away from making a nationwide decision on school guidance, Cuomo said.Kindergarten students participate in a classroom activity on the first day of in-person learning at Maurice Sendak Elementary School in Los Angeles, April 13, 2021.
In Los Angeles, the nation’s second largest school district has also kept mask rules for everyone indoors and outdoors, and plans to keep it that way until the vaccine is approved by the Food and Drug Adminisration and mandated by health authorities, said Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner.
While case rates nationwide have fallen to their lowest levels since March, anyone under 12 years old is still ineligible to get a vaccine. Those 12 and up, however, are recently able to get both Moderna and Pfizer shots, which reported 100% efficacy in their trials.
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