A federal judge in Florida has struck down a mask requirement for all plane, bus, train and other public transportation travel, days after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended the public health mandate as officials monitor a spike in Covid-19 infections across the US.
The ruling on 18 April comes as the seven-day average for confirmed daily US infections nears 40,000, fuelled by the more-contagious BA.2 variant, as state and local governments loosen pandemic health restrictions, including mask guidance and proof of vaccinations.
