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Scene in Downtown Houston as mask mandate expires and businesses are allowed to fully reopen following Texas governor's decision despite the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that "people wear masks in public settings, at events and gatherings, and anywhere they will be around other people." IMAGES
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces it is lifting mask-wearing requirements for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. "Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing," CDC director Rochelle Walensky says. SOUNDBITE
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says pleas from its overburdened hospitals to enforce mask-wearing are being ignored. Mayor G.T. Bynum says Tulsa hospitals are unable to meet the demands — but neither the governor nor the communities relying on these hospitals are responding. Business Insider reports roughly 68% of people occupying Tulsa hospitals are from communities outside it, which Tulsa cannot regulate. The rising cases of both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza are harming the ability of city employees to receive care. Bynum said one employee was denied hospital care until they developed pneumonia, and another was sent home with a 106-degree fever.
First voters line up on "Super Tuesday" for the presidential primaries to cast their ballots at a polling station in Houston, Texas. IMAGES
Hong Kong's leader John Lee announces that the city will fully scrap the mask mandate: "I have an announcement to make, the mask mandate will be fully scrapped starting tomorrow, 1st March." SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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