PHILADELPHIA - After a brief respite from indoor mask-wearing in Philadelphia, health officials on Thursday recommended that all people resume wearing masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status.
Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole cited a "small, but disturbing" increase in hospitalizations and doubling cases due to the Delta variant and COVID-19 infections in children who are not vaccine eligible."It's time for all of us to do what we need to do to protect our city's kids," Dr.
Bettigole said. "That means getting fully vaccinated if you haven't yet, and it means all of us going back to wearing masks in public."Along with indoor masking, the health department now suggests avoiding crowded spaces and moving gatherings.