Which airlines and public transit require masks with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH | COVID-19 Update
Which airlines and public transit require masks with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH | COVID-19 Update
AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews changes to the national mask mandate with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, including which airlines no longer require masks and the cities still enforcing mask mandates on public transit. Also covering the emerging subvariants BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1, a new COVID breath test, and why Americans over 60 should get a second booster shot.0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for April 20, 2022
0:34 CDC extends national mask mandate by 2 weeks for planes, trains, buses
1:31 Mask mandate overturned by federal judge in Florida
3:22 Airlines, Amtrak drop mask requirements for passengers and employees
4:04 Public transportation mask mandates still in effect
4:44 Philadelphia reinstates indoor mask mandate
5:37 COVID cases are rising in the U.S.
6:30 COVID hospitalizations remain low; COVID death toll in U.S. expected to reach 1 million
7:16 Variants BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1 are emerging in America; omicron XE variant on the rise in the UK
9:00 FDA authorizes a COVID breath test
10:08 White House's Dr. Ashish Jha recommends Americans over 60 get second booster shot
11:38 No vote scheduled in Congress for stalled pandemic response aid package
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