Vegas Casinos Lift Mask Rules; U.S. to Ease Travel: Virus Update
Attendees wearing protective masks wait in line to get tickets to a performance of the Zerbini Family Circus in Sumter, South Carolina on April 30.
Photographer: Micah Green/BloombergWynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. will tell vaccinated guests they can stop wearing masks following new guidance from state and federal regulators. That makes the Nevada casino operators among the first companies to amend their masking and social-distancing policies following revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. states including Colorado, Michigan, Kentucky and North Carolina eased their mask mandates on Friday following the CDC recommendations, while Massachusetts said it will update reopening plans next week. The Biden administration will also begin revising its guidance for travel and other sectors, as it linked its mask shift to a study showing the “real world” effectiveness of vaccines.