Masks off: Health care workers, without flu vaccine, no longer required to wear a mask – WRGB

Masks off: Health care workers, without flu vaccine, no longer required to wear a mask

by Jana DeCamilla

Masks off: health care workers, without flu vaccine, no longer required to wear a mask. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (WRGB)

As of Wednesday, the New York State Department of Health no longer requires health care workers without the influenza vaccine to wear a mask.

Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald today announced, due to the decline in recorded flu cases, the illness is no longer prevalent in the State for the 2023-24 influenza season, also rescinding the masking requirement for health care workers who are not vaccinated against flu.

Commissioner McDonald declared flu prevalent in New York on Dec. 6, 2023, requiring health care personnel, who were not vaccinated against influenza, to wear a mask in health care settings.

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