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Delta ends mask mandate on flights

Delta ends mask mandate on flights

By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTroy Warren for CNT #TravelMasks are also no longer required at Hartsfield-JacksonDelta Air Lines said late Monday it would stop requiring masks on flights following a federal judge’s decision voiding the federal mask mandate for transportation.Atlanta-based Delta posted a statement saying that effective immediately, masks are optional for its crew members and customers. Rivals including United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines also said they would drop their mask requirements in the wake of the federal judge’s ruling and an announcement by the White House that the Transportation Security Administration would not enforce the provision.Hartsfield-Jackson…
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Savannah: Savannah becomes first major Georgia city to reimpose mask mandate

Savannah: Savannah becomes first major Georgia city to reimpose mask mandate

By Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for SavannahNewsAndTalk.Com Mayor: ‘We’re on a very dangerous trend’ The city of Savannah is once again requiring the use of masks to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, more than a year after it became the first city in Georgia to impose a requirement for face coverings.   Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said Monday that he reinstated a mask mandate he let lapse in May to combat the spread of the highly contagious delta variant after seeing new cases in surrounding Chatham County spike and efforts to vaccinate more residents stall. Johnson said that he didn’t…
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