Hawaii on Tuesday became the last U.S. state to lift its universal indoor mask mandate. Gov. David Ige announced the decision during a press briefing, saying that the mandate would be dropped on March 26. “We have reduced COVID-19 in a way to the point where most of us will be safe without masks indoors,” the governor, a Democrat, said. “It’s taken the entire community to get to this point—with lowered case counts and hospitalizations,” Ige further said in a tweet. He added, “If we see another surge, we will be ready to reinstitute the mask policy, if needed.” The mandate will be lifted on the same day as Hawaii’s Safe Travels program, established to curb the transmission of COVID-19, is set to expire. Those arriving from other places in the United States will no longer have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to avoid quarantining for …
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