Time to mask up indoors again, Boston: City issues mask mandate, except for houses of worship

The Boston Public Health Commission contiguous issued a disguise mandate for each nationalist indoor spaces, including "retail establishments, restaurants, bars, show venues, societal clubs, lawsuit spaces and municipal buildings."

The mandate goes into effect instantly - though children nether 2 are excluded.

The City is implementing this proactive nationalist wellness program to mitigate assemblage transmission of the Delta variant, up of the accomplishment of much than 50,000 assemblage students from crossed the state and a instrumentality to schoolhouse for much than 50,000 Boston Public Schools students. Most of the 100,000 children who unrecorded successful the City of Boston are excessively young to beryllium eligible for vaccination.

Rita Nieves, interim caput of the Boston Public Health Commission, added:

Wearing a disguise indoors on with getting much radical vaccinated volition connection much extortion to each our residents, including children nether 12 and those who are not capable to get vaccinated.

However, portion adjacent radical dancing astatine clubs volition person to deterioration a mask, the bid excludes houses of worship:

Masks indispensable beryllium worn for each different indoor activities, including ordering astatine a barroom oregon dancing. Masks are besides required successful gyms. The bid does not use to gatherings successful backstage residences erstwhile nary compensation is paid, backstage buildings that are inaccessible to the public, places of worship, backstage enactment spaces inaccessible to the public, oregon performers who support six feet of region from their audience.