The Transportation Security Administration is extending the current mandate for mask use on public transportation and in transportation hubs through April 18.
In this 2020 photo, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant prepares a plane for takeoff at the Kansas City International airport in Kansas City, Mo. TSA's travel mask mandate has been extended a month, to April 18, 2022. The extension is based on a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The agency left the door open to an earlier termination of the policy, should the science support that.for communities where hospitals aren't under high strain, and as states around the country — and across the political spectrum — have relaxed a number of precautionary measures, including on indoor mask usage.
A Feb. 25 letter to Jeffrey Zients, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, asked that the Biden administration repeal the travel mask mandate and roll back other precautionary travel measures. The trade organizations represent some of the biggest players in the U.S. travel industry, including airlines American, Delta and United, and hotel companies Marriott and Hilton.
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