A mask required sign is displayed on the entrance to a business Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Dallas. Photo / APTexas is lifting its mask mandate, Governor Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 42,000 Texans. The mask order was only ever lightly enforced, even during the worst outbreaks of the pandemic. I also ended the statewide mask mandate. Abbott imposed the statewide mask mandate in July during a deadly summer surge.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 02, 2021 22:12 UTC