White House does not suggest mask mandates to counteract Omnicron

Written by Christian Datoc, White House correspondent for The Washington Examiner

The White House clarified Monday that states, cities, and counties that have dropped mask mandates do not necessarily need to reinstate them in response to the newly discovered coronavirus omicron variant.

The clarification came from press secretary Jen Psaki shortly after President Joe Biden, following national remarks on the global rise of omicron, encouraged “everyone to wear a mask when they’re indoors, in a crowded circumstance like we are right now, and unless you’re eating or speaking at a microphone.”

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