New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday that he plans to lift a school mask mandate for children under the age of five next month just three days after NYC’s new health commissioner said that children would have to wear masks indefinitely, Your Content has learned.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he will lift the mask mandate for children under the age of five on April 4 if COVID cases continue to drop.
The announcement comes three days after NYC’s new health commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said toddlers would wear masks indefinitely.
New York state dropped its school mask requirements on March 2.
The city dropped the mandate on March 7, excluding children under age 5,‘according to CBS News.
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