Chicago health officials now recommend all residents over the age of 2 wear masks in public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status, the department announced Friday.
The CDC updated its guidance to recommend that fully vaccinated people should wear masks in indoor settings again in areas of the U.S.
Cook County also updated its guidance on masking and other COVID-19 precautions Friday, recommending everyone wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
CCDPH said it also continues to recommend its previous guidance that all people in school settings - teachers, staff, students, and visitors - should wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status and community transmission level.
The updated guidance came one day after the CDC placed Cook County in the category of seeing "substantial" community transmission of COVID-19.
The CDC updated its guidance Tuesday to recommend that fully vaccinated people should wear masks in indoor settings again in areas of the U.S.
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