{"id":25404,"date":"2021-05-17T11:37:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=25404"},"modified":"2021-05-17T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:37:10","slug":"governor-hogan-announces-end-of-statewide-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/covid-19\/2021\/05\/17\/governor-hogan-announces-end-of-statewide-mask-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hogan Announces End of Statewide Mask Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2020\/03\/19\/covid-19-update-to-food-supply-chain\/attachment\/update\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?fit=820%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"820,312\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UPDATE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?fit=760%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?resize=760%2C289\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/UPDATE.png?resize=768%2C292&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>State Adopts CDC Guidance, Fully Vaccinated Individuals May Resume Activities as Normal<br \/>State Health Officials Strongly Recommend Unvaccinated Individuals Continue to Wear Face Coverings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u2014Governor Larry Hogan today announced the end of the statewide mask mandate, aligning Maryland with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/fully-vaccinated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/fully-vaccinated.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621114967582000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE06TAICnvXqquzOuwlsJJQaUwXYQ\">new CDC guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This order will take effect Saturday, May 15, along with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/2021\/05\/12\/governor-hogan-lifts-capacity-limits-on-indoor-and-outdoor-venues-all-remaining-restrictions-on-indoor-and-outdoor-dining-as-of-may-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/2021\/05\/12\/governor-hogan-lifts-capacity-limits-on-indoor-and-outdoor-venues-all-remaining-restrictions-on-indoor-and-outdoor-dining-as-of-may-15\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621114967582000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuRfUnINmVYuHAW4gv5deZLLMM0g\">the lifting of all capacity limits and restrictions<\/a>\u00a0that the governor announced earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/2021\/05\/14\/governor-hogan-announces-end-of-statewide-mask-mandate\/\">read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Adopts CDC Guidance, Fully Vaccinated Individuals May Resume Activities as NormalState Health Officials Strongly Recommend Unvaccinated Individuals Continue to Wear Face Coverings ANNAPOLIS, MD\u2014Governor Larry Hogan today announced the end of the statewide mask mandate, aligning Maryland with\u00a0new CDC guidance. This order will take effect Saturday, May 15, along with\u00a0the lifting of all capacity<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/covid-19\/2021\/05\/17\/governor-hogan-announces-end-of-statewide-mask-mandate\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25871,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25404\/revisions\/25871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}