Pentagon to Require Masks Indoors in Installations in COVID-19 Hot Spots

Reuters
By Reuters
July 29, 2021US News
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Pentagon to Require Masks Indoors in Installations in COVID-19 Hot Spots
File photo of the Pentagon, as seen from Air Force One, taken on Feb. 12, 2009. (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

WASHINGTONThe Pentagon said on Wednesday it will require masks indoors at Defense Department installations in areas with substantial or high community COVID-19 transmission rates.

The mandate is in line with advice released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on masks for vaccinated Americans.

By David Shepardson and Phil Stewart

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