Washington, Feb 8: The indoor mask mandate in the US state of California will expire on February 15 amid decreased COVID-19 case rates, Governor Gavin Newsom said.
“CA’s case rate has decreased by 65% since our Omicron peak. Our hospitalizations have stabilized across the state. Our statewide indoor mask requirement will expire on 2/15,” Newsom said on Monday via Twitter.
Newsom in the tweet also encouraged Californians to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. California in December became the first state to record over 5 million cases of COVID-19 due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
