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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

All right, it is Wednesday, April 28th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on wearing of masks outdoors saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations as well. The new guidance represents another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 570,000 people in the United States.

For most of the past year, the CDC was advising Americans to wear masks outdoors if they were within six feet of one another.

The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults, about 140 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine and more than a third have been fully vaccinated.

The CDC says that whether they are fully vaccinated or not, people do not have to wear masks outdoors when they walk, bike, or run alone with members of their household.

They can also go maskless in small indoor gatherings with fully vaccinated people. But

unvaccinated people should wear masks at small outdoor gatherings that include other unvaccinated

people, the CDC says. They also should keep their faces covered when dining at outdoor restaurants

with family or friends from multiple households. And everyone fully vaccinated or not should keep wearing masks at crowded outdoor events,

such as concerts or sporting events, the CDC says.

The agency continues to recommend masks at indoor public places such as hair salons, restaurants,

shopping, centers, gyms, museums, and movie theaters saying that it is still safer,

is still safer to keep your

mask on if there are unvaccinated people around.

Philadelphians in need of coronavirus vaccine are urged to stop by the Pennsylvania Convention

Center this week. The mass vaccination site has 4,000 extra doses that need to be used by Thursday. They're saying no appointment

necessary. You can just walk up. They just ask that you arrive before 4 p.m. My wife was down at the

convention center. She got her shot. And they're like, you know, even though she had a scheduled

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