Puerto Rico to lift face mask requisite for those vaccinated

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Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi has announced that fully vaccinated people in the territory will no longer be required to wear face masks starting next week with few exceptions, AP reports.

He also said that capacity restrictions at all businesses will be lifted as the number of Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations across the US territory keep dropping.

Both measures go into effect from July 5. “Each day we get closer to normal,” Pierluisi said, acknowledging that it will be difficult to determine who has been vaccinated.

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