CDC: 70% of Americans don't need to wear masks indoors

(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) CDC: 70% of Americans do not need to wear masks indoors

　　China News Agency, Washington, February 25 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its updated epidemic prevention guidelines on the 25th local time that as the situation of the new crown epidemic improves, about 70% of the American people are in Masks are not required in indoor places.

　　According to the CDC's epidemic prevention guidelines, based on the current epidemic situation, the CDC has determined that 63% of the counties in the United States are already in low-risk areas of the epidemic, and about 72% of the people in the United States live in these areas.

People in these areas will not need to wear masks in most indoor places, including schools.

In other high-risk areas, the CDC still recommends that people continue to wear masks indoors.

　　The CDC also said that regardless of the level of risk, masks should continue to be worn in some places, including public transportation, as well as airports, train stations, and bus stops.

Those who test positive for the new crown or have symptoms of the new crown still need to wear masks.

　　The CDC said that the updated epidemic prevention guidelines have changed the criteria for judging the risk of the epidemic in the region.

The previous standard was based on the number of new crowns and the positive test rate. The current standard is mainly based on the hospitalization rate of new crown patients, the occupancy rate of hospital beds and the number of new cases.

　　According to the latest standards, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, etc. are all in low-risk areas, while West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, Arizona are in high-risk areas.

　　According to the CDC, the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States has been on a downward trend recently.

On the 24th, 66,000 new crown cases were added, and the average daily number of new cases in the past 7 days has dropped to 72,000; in terms of deaths, 2,424 new deaths were added on the 24th, and the average daily death toll in the past 7 days was 1,720.

　　According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 17:00 on the 25th, the cumulative number of confirmed new coronary pneumonia cases in the United States exceeded 78.86 million, and the death toll exceeded 946,000.

(over)