Mega retailer Target announced Wednesday that it would rescind its mask mandate that applied to both employees and shoppers, joining a growing number of stores scaling back their masking rules.
Retailers such as Walmart and Amazon had already dropped their mask mandates for fully vaccinated employees. Target's new policy applies to roughly 409,000 workers,“As COVID-19 cases continue to decline across the country, Target will not require our U.S. team members or guests to wear masks, as local regulations allow,” Target said.
Target will still encourage shoppers and workers to socially distance as well as keep up heightened sanitation measures.Big-box stores have gone back and forth on policies regarding mandatory masking as coronavirus waves have ebbed and flowed. Walmart, for example, was one of the first big retailers to embrace mask mandates. The mandates for employees were loosened for a few months before being reimposed as the delta variant bore down.
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