Pennsylvania eases mask mandate for vaccinated people

Nurse Mary Catherine Klee injects a dose of the Pzifer COVID-19 vaccine into Dr. Mohan Ramkumar MD at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center on December 17, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Nurse Mary Catherine Klee injects a dose of the Pzifer COVID-19 vaccine into Dr. Mohan Ramkumar MD at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center on December 17, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo credit Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is easing its mask mandate to allow people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to gather with other vaccinated people without masks or social distancing. State health officials said Monday the new rules also apply to vaccinated people gathering with people from a single household who have not been vaccinated but who are considered at low risk of severe disease from the coronavirus. The health secretary revised the state’s existing masking order to to align with recent guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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