The CDC calls for universal mask use at all times indoors, except when within one’s own household, and outside when distances of 6 feet or more cannot be maintained.

Additional strategies in the report are social distancing and limiting in-person contact; avoiding nonessential indoor spaces and crowded outdoor spaces; increasing testing to rapidly identify and isolate infected persons; prompt contact tracing to identify and test close contacts; safeguarding those who are most vulnerable to severe infections or death; adequately protecting essential workers with personal protective equipment and work practices; postponing travel; increasing indoor air ventilation, enhancing hand hygiene and environmental disinfection; and achieving widespread COVID-19 vaccine coverage.

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