A masks mandate in place for folks visiting U.S. airports has been prolonged by way of Jan. 18, 2022, in line with a press release on Tuesday from the Transportation Safety Administration.
The mandate covers airports, in addition to planes, buses, trains and shuttle buses related to airports, and all public buses, trains, subways and ferries, Sari Koshetz, a spokeswoman for the T.S.A., mentioned.
The purpose of the directive is to attenuate the unfold of Covid-19 on public transportation, she mentioned.
This isn’t the primary time the T.S.A. has prolonged its masks mandate. The T.S.A. initially put a masks mandate in place again on Feb. 1, with an expiration date scheduled for Could 11. In April, that mandate was prolonged to Sept. 13.
Vacationers underneath the age of two are exempt from the masks requirement, as are folks with sure disabilities, Ms. Koshetz mentioned. Penalties for violating the mandate begin at $250 and go as much as $1,500 for repeat offenders, she mentioned.
As of Tuesday, greater than 9,200 T.S.A. workers have examined optimistic for the coronavirus, and 20 have died, together with one screening contractor, in line with Ms. Koshetz.
