{"id":1134553,"date":"2021-12-20T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134553"},"modified":"2021-12-20T16:19:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:19:49","slug":"d-c-reinstates-indoor-mask-mandate-forces-boosters-for-city-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-reinstates-indoor-mask-mandate-forces-boosters-for-city-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate, Forces Boosters for City Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-reinstates-indoor-mask-mandate-forces-boosters-for-city-employees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DC-Mayor-Muriel-Bowser-mask-down-nov2-2020-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) is reinstituting an indoor mask mandate in the nation\u2019s capital alongside a slew of other measures, she announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will reinstate a citywide mask order,\u201d Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/mayor.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/mayormb\/release_content\/attachments\/Situational-Update-Presentation_12-21-2021_.pdf\">said<\/a> during a press briefing while also making the announcement on social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The indoor mask mandate goes into effect on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, through January 31, 2022:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.470588235294\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2) Reinstate the indoor mask mandate. <\/p>\n<p>Beginning Tuesday, December 21st at 6 AM, the indoor mask mandate will be reinstated until 6 AM on January 31, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCEvNeih9c\">pic.twitter.com\/iCEvNeih9c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorBowser\/status\/1472973842523983876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reinstituted mask mandate comes along with what her office described as a \u201cState of Emergency 2022 Winter Surge\u201d plan, which includes expanded testing, a vaccine and booster mandate for D.C. government employees, testing and vaccination centers, and an extension of District of Columbia Public Schools\u2019 (DCPS) winter break.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll employees, contractors, interns, and grantees of DC Government must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and must have a booster,\u201d the mayor\u2019s slideshow presentation reads, emphasizing that there is \u201cno test-out option.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is critical that all eligible people are getting vaccinated and getting their booster shots,\u201d the slide reads.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs transmission rates increase, unvaccinated people are being hospitalized and dying at staggering rates compared to vaccinated people,\u201d it continued, echoing the warning from President Joe Biden, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/16\/omicron-is-here-joe-biden-warns-winter-of-severe-illness-and-death-for-unvaccinated-americans\/%E2%80%9Cs\">warned<\/a> of a winter of \u201csevere illness and death\u201d for unvaccinated Americans.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">The renewed mandates come as public health officials express concern over the Omicron&nbsp;variant.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Blue states, such as California and New York, are also&nbsp;reinstating&nbsp;forms of mask&nbsp;mandates&nbsp;nearly two years after the start of the pandemic and one year after the rollout of vaccines.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) is reinstituting an indoor mask mandate in the nation\u2019s capital alongside a slew of other measures, she announced on Monday. \u201cI will reinstate a 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