Biden Administration Reportedly Plans To Require Masks On Planes And Transit Until Mid-March

Biden Administration reportedly has new mask mandate in the works

by the TSA at travel security checkpoints on Sunday following the Thanksgiving holiday—the highest single-day figure since the pandemic began. Travel volume was still down almost 15% from the same day in 2019.The planned announcement follows the first reported U.S.

case of the coronavirus’ omicron variant, discovered in San Francisco on Wednesday in an individual who recently returned from a trip to South Africa, where the variant was first detected. Though the variant’s deadliness and transmissibility remain unclear, some experts fear it may be more

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