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Philadelphia city health officials announced a reversal of an indoor mask mandate that recently went into effect in the city.
The Philadelphia health department said the Board of Health voted on Thursday to rescind the mandate, which city officials say will be lifted Friday morning.
“Due to decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts, the city will move to strongly recommend masks in indoor public spaces as opposed to a mask mandate,” a department spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday. “Given the latest data, the [Board of Health] voted to rescind the mandate.”