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NYC Delays Plan to End School Mask Rule for Children Under 5
- City officials cite uptick in Covid-19 cases from subvariant
- Move comes on day judge orders end to mandate; city to appeal
Students wait in line to enter a public school on the first classes in the Bronx borough in New York.
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New York City delayed a plan to remove the mask mandate in city schools and day-care centers for children under age 5, saying cases of Covid-19 are rising again.
City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said at a briefing Friday that it was likely New York would move to a higher risk level. Mayor Eric Adams said March 22 that he planned to make masks optional for the youngest school kids on April 4 if infections continued to remain low.