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Uber will no longer require riders and drivers to wear masks effective immediately, the company announced Tuesday.
“As of April 19, 2022, riders and drivers are not required to wear masks when using Uber,” the ride-share company said on its website. “However, the CDC still recommends wearing a mask if you have certain personal risk factors and/or high transmission levels in your area.”
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Uber Technologies Inc will let employees work half their hours from wherever they want as part of its revamped return-to-office strategy, the transport app company plans to announce on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. (REUTERS/Toby Melville/Illustration/File Photo / Reuters Photos)
Uber has required all riders and drivers that use its platform to wear masks since May 18, 2020.
Uber went on to remind users that some people still feel safer wearing a mask because of personal or family health situations and it asked users to be respectful or other’s preferences.
A driver and passenger wearing protective masks exit the ride sharing pickup area in a car displaying Uber Technologies signage at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, May 4, 2020. David Paul Morris/Bloom
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Uber’s mask policy change comes after a federal judge in Florida voided the Biden administration’s mask mandate for travelers using public transportation such as trains and airplanes.
The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention applied to people as young as 2 years old, and had been set to expire a number of times but was recently extended to May 3 before Monday’s ruling.
A photo illustration shows the Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, Britain August 17, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters Photos)
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Uber also updated its ‘no front-seat’ policy that required all riders to sit in the back seat. The company still urged riders to give drivers space and asked riders to only use the front seat if it’s required due to the size of their group.
Fox News’ Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report.
