Mayor Muriel Bowser will lift a few Coronavirus restrictions while keeping the Washington, D.C., population masked.
Controls on public and commercial activity, including occupancy limits at restaurants, non-essential stores, places of worship, office spaces, schools, will lift May 21 with a full reopening on June 11:
“We are seeing dramatic improvements in our health metrics,” Bowser said Monday morning.
But the Mayor’s opening does not include allowing Washington’s residents to go without a face mask.
The current guidelines for face masks, set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will continue to dictate local rules despite many being inoculated against the virus:
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