Daily News | Philadelphia businesses, residents sue to end indoor mask mandate
or on flights serviced by certain airlines. However, indoor venues must require them, unless they instead require proof of vaccination.The CDC said in a statement Wednesday about the appeal of that ruling that “masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health.”
It remained unclear whether the Biden administration would ask for an emergency stay to immediately reimpose the mask mandate on public transit., average daily case counts and hospitalizations are still as low as they’ve been since the summer, but Philadelphia health officials say the trends in the city are a reason to be cautious.
In reporting this week that hospitalizations had also increased, the city health department said in a statement: “This is a worrisome sign that this wave could be more dangerous than we had hoped.” King, the attorney for the group of Philadelphians trying to overturn the mandate, takes issue with the city’s metrics for reimplementing restrictions, and told The Inquirer on Monday, “we simply say the entire scheme is not legally correct.” King was among the lawyers whoPhilly’s latest mask mandate is relieving COVID anxiety for some. For others, it’s making things worse.
The city is using a tiered system to determine when restrictions should be implemented or relaxed. The system takes into account case counts, hospitalizations, and the percentage increase in cases. The city has said it would reinstate various restrictions when different thresholds in two of those three categories are met.. The city has declined to comment on whether the vaccine mandate could return.
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