In the United States, you no longer need to wear the mask if you are vaccinated, except in crowds
US President Joe Biden takes off his mask before a White House press conference on April 27, 2021. Getty Images via AFP - DREW ANGERER
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It's not back to normal yet, but it's starting to look like it in the United States.
The American authorities are lifting the obligation to wear a mask outdoors for vaccinated people.
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With our correspondent in San Francsico,
Éric de Salve
In the streets, Americans can hardly believe it.
From now on, it is possible to go for a walk without a mask, and also possible to go to a restaurant with friends who are still without a mask, on one condition: to be fully vaccinated, that is to say to have received two injections.
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If you're fully immunized, you can go to small outdoor gatherings, you can eat out with friends, and you can safely do it without a mask.
This is what science tells us.
Announced Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The only exception, in large gatherings in stadiums, concerts where social distancing is difficult and potentially numerous unvaccinated people, wearing a mask is still compulsory.
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10% of contamination outside
This reduction in health instructions is made possible by the success of the vaccination campaign launched by Joe Biden: nearly one in three Americans is fully vaccinated.
And then there is this observation: Covid-19 almost always contracts indoors: according to the CDC, only 10% of contamination takes place outdoors.
But there are still many reluctant, so Joe Biden calls again: “
If you are vaccinated, you can do more activities.
So, to those who have not yet been vaccinated, especially young people who think they do not need it, this is a good reason to get vaccinated.
And now!
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The president makes a new promise to the Americans: a return to normal as before or almost by the national holiday of July 4.
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To read also: Covid-19 in the United States: Texas lifts the obligation to wear a mask
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