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New Orleans 'strongly recommends' masks as COVID-19 cases rise
New Orleans officials are recommending that residents resume wearing face masks as COVID-19 cases rise in the city.
"I am recommending that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, should wear a mask indoors when with people who are not in their immediate household," New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) wrote in a tweet on Wednesday.
Today, I announced an indoor mask advisory to slow the alarming spread of #COVID19‼️
I am recommending that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, should wear a mask indoors when with people who are not in their immediate household.
https://t.co/9UXVyxW8m1
- Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) July 21, 2021
The advisory from officials "strongly recommends" face coverings, putting "the responsibility on individuals themselves" instead of instituting a mandate.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-orleans-strongly-recommends-masks-as-covid-19-cases-rise/ar-AAMrz7m