Chicago Mayor Lightfoot recommends coronavirus masks for residents over 2, regardless of vaccinations

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot now recommends anyone over the age of 2 wear a coronavirus mask indoors, whether or not they have received a vaccine – though she still urges residents of Windy City to get vaccinated.

“Based on our current COVID-19 data, we now recommend anyone over the age of 2, regardless of their vaccination status, to wear masks in indoor public places,” his account managed by the city. “Get vaxxed.”

She is also asking unvaccinated travelers from nearly 20 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to self-quarantine for 10 days or provide a negative COVID-19 test result within 72 hours of being tested. landing in Chicago.

The move follows a major update to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that last week prompted renewals of mask warrants in several states and cities.

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CDC says people should wear masks indoors in communities where the risk of COVID-19 transmission is “substantial” or more – a threshold Chicago crossed last week when it hit an average of 200 new cases of coronavirus daily.

Last week, Lightfoot publicly discussed the possibility of a new mask warrant if the city hits that infection rate.

“If we start seeing this constantly, we’re not only going to be looking at a mask warrant, but we’re going to come back to other tools that we’ve been forced to use,” she told New York. Times columnist Kara Swisher in an episode of her “Sway” podcast.

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However, this week she stopped before putting one back on and instead said she was recommending masks to Chicagoans. And masks will remain optional outside.

Over the weekend, the mayor attended the Lollapalooza Music Festival, a potential super-spreader event, where she was pictured without her own mask as coronavirus cases climb again in Chicago.