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In a First, the CDC Says to Use Masks Indoors When Not Home
A worker wears a protective mask while preparing food at a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Americans should be wearing a mask indoors whenever they’re outside their own home, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending for the first time as Covid-19 surges across the country.
The recommendation on mask-wearing in all indoor sites came in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report, which cited a high-level transmission of the virus as the ongoing holiday season and colder weather have driven more people indoors.