Philadelphia moves to reinstate indoor mask mandate, first major U.S. city to do so

Philadelphia on Monday announced it will reimpose its indoor mask mandate in an attempt to beat back yet another pandemic surge in hospitalizations and deaths.

It’s the first major U.S. city to bring back a mask requirement as the BA.2 Omicron subvariant fuels a rise in cases in Philadelphia and across the Northeast. The mandate goes into effect on April 18...

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