White House keeps encouraging masks in schools as some states move toward lifting mandates
CNN
The White House maintained its adherence to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance encouraging mask usage in schools Monday as some states take steps toward lifting mask mandates in the classroom.
The CDC recommends that those who are vaccinated should "wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission."
School masking continues to be a politically divisive topic as the pandemic enters its third year, with rising vaccinations and cases falling in recent weeks. As CNN reported earlier Monday, New Jersey's universal mask mandate for all schools and child care settings will be lifted on March 7, Gov. Phil Murphy, a Biden ally, announced during a news conference. Delaware Gov. John Carney announced that the state's universal indoor mask mandate will end on Friday and that school mask mandates will expire March 31.