Joe Biden Calls Lifting Of Indoor Mask Rule "Great Day"

"I think it's a great milestone, a great day," he said in a nationally televised address at the White House.

President Joe Biden told Americans on Thursday that the lifting of the rule on indoor mask wearing was "a great day" in the fight against Covid-19 and that they could now "smile again." "I think it's a great milestone, a great day," he said in a nationally televised address at the White House. In often emotional remarks, Biden declared a major victory in the more than year-long battle which has seen more than half a million Americans die. However he noted that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) decision to stop recommending masks for all indoor activities applied only to people who have received both shots of vaccines.