New York State Adopts CDC Masking Requirements

New York State Adopts CDC Masking Requirements

• As of Wednesday, May 19, the New York State Department of Health is adopting the mask requirements released by the CDC
• If you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did prior to the pandemic.
• Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.
• Unvaccinated and immunocompromised individuals are still required to wear masks
• Masks will still be required on public transportation, in nursing homes and other healthcare facilities, in homeless shelters, in schools, and in correctional facilities
• Individual businesses will be allowed to require masks at/inside their establishments at their discretion.
• For more information, click the following link from the CDC: Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People | CDC