NEW YORK – The New York State Department of Health announced Friday that people living in counties that are considered “high risk” for transmission of the coronavirus should return to wearing masks indoors as a surge of infections continues statewide.
“In accordance with guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we recommend that all New Yorkers in high-risk COVID-19 counties and all New Yorkers at-risk of severe disease wear a mask in public indoor places, regardless of vaccination status,” State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said in a statement.