City of Houston suspends required face mask policy for employees after COVID level lowered to orange

The new guidance comes as most states have already lifted or announced plans to lift their indoor masking mandates.

"With the benefit of widely-available vaccines and booster shots and robust COVID-19 testing, our country is beginning to move into a new phase of the pandemic. Due to our community's combined efforts, the positivity rate in Houston is declining, and hospitalizations are manageable," said Mayor Sylvester Turner in a press release.

The policy suspension no longer requires City of Houston employee temperature screenings, but does not apply to all clinical personnel .All employees are still expected to report to work unless they are sick, ill, or test positive for COVID-19. "I encourage all employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination and booster shot when eligible," says Turner.

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