Mayor Lightfoot Says Mask Mandate Lifted For Vaccinated Chicagoans

Chicago residents who are fully vaccinated are encouraged but no longer required to wear masks, including in businesses.

By Daniel Tucker
Mayor Lightfoot Says Mask Mandate Lifted For Vaccinated Chicagoans
People enjoy their time in an outside sitting area of a restaurant in Chicago's Navy Pier Friday, May 14, 2021. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. Shafkat Anowar / AP Photo
Mayor Lightfoot Says Mask Mandate Lifted For Vaccinated Chicagoans
People enjoy their time in an outside sitting area of a restaurant in Chicago's Navy Pier Friday, May 14, 2021. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. Shafkat Anowar / AP Photo

Mayor Lightfoot Says Mask Mandate Lifted For Vaccinated Chicagoans

Chicago residents who are fully vaccinated are encouraged but no longer required to wear masks, including in businesses.

By Daniel Tucker
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After the CDC issued new guidance last week that vaccinated people don’t need face coverings in most public settings, Gov. JB Pritzker and now Mayor Lori Lightfoot have followed suit. WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel breaks down the latest on local masking guidelines.

GUEST: Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ reporter