Wearing a face mask is
mandatory while travelling on any form of public transportation in the United
States, US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has said.

In an order issued on
Friday, the health institute stated that anyone travelling into, within or out
of the United States using a public transport will have to wear a face mask.
This order was issued in an attempt to slow down the spread of COVID-19 in the
country and will go into effect at 11.59 pm on Monday.

“Requiring masks on our transportation systems
will protect Americans and provide confidence that we can once again travel safely
even during this pandemic,” said the order.

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The order stated that the face covering need to
be more than two layers of breathable fabric and must be worn on nose and mouth
while waiting, boarding,
traveling and getting down from the vehicle.

This order comes days
after the Joe Biden administration called for 100 days of mask
usage. On Jan. 21, Biden had ordered
government agencies to “immediately take action” to require masks on public
transports.

Meanwhile, CDC confirmed that over 400 cases of
the UK coronavirus variant have been reported across the country. Experts believe
that the new strains could soon become more dominant.

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“The
projection that is made with regard to the UK (variant) is that probably by the
end of March, the beginning of April, it actually will become more dominant in
this country,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Friday.

“The
fact is, when you have a virus that has ability to transmit more efficiently
than the wild type in the community, sooner or later by pure viral dynamics
itself, it will become more dominant than the wild type,” Fauci added.