city This first major metropolitan of the United States area bring back disguise requirements after the murder of cities and states lifted restrictions as cases began to decline in January.
“From today I ask all enterprises and institutions in philadelphia dig up those old masksrequired signs and start hang them up in your windowsBettygal said. in a news conference.
Monday to-do counter more than 50% higher than it was 10 days ago, said Bettigole, noting the number of of people There are still very few hospitalized. city currently averaging 142 cases per day.
“By wearing masks consistently, we can continue to live our daily lives and continue to take part in a life of our city without contributing to the increase in transmission of Covid-19,” Bettigole said.
city has now surpassed level 1 requirements, although Bettigole believes masking precautions could prevent cases from rising back to previous levels.
“I suspect that this wave will be less than one we saw in January, she said. But if we wait to find out and put on our masks back onwe will lose our chance stop the wave.
Many states are seeing cases rise
The number of cases in the country is on the rise in more how half of states, although the number of cases is still relatively low. On average, about 34,000 new affairs per day, daily business rate in United States remains one of lowest since mid-July.
The number of Covid-19 cases is expected to be rise and fall over well of pandemic, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on CNN’s New Day on Monday and said the Centers for Guidelines for disease control and prevention on what actions to take, in right place.
“AT terms of what to do with it, we really want be guided by the CDC on this,” said Jah. — CDC policy right on this and this is what I’ve been following for months and that’s what we are should make”.
According to the CDC, Covid-19 community level for Philadelphia County, where city of Philadelphia is low. In such communities, the CDC encourages people stay up- meet on Vaccinated against Covid-19 and get tested if they have symptoms of Covid-19, but this does not include wearing masks.
Jah also said the CDC would share scientific framework this week for federal mandate for a transport mask set expires April 18th. Federal mandate requires masks on public transportation such as planes, trains, buses and hubs like airports and bus stations.
On the NBC Today show on Monday, Jha said the federal mandate extension for vehicle masks is “absolutely on table”, adding CDC will do decision based on on scientific framework This creating.
Raja Razek of CNN, Naomi Thomas and Amanda Watt contributed to this report.
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