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The C.D.C. is expected to loosen guidelines for when and where Americans should wear masks, allowing most people to go without them indoors.

Thursday, February 24, 2022 9:36 PM EST

The forthcoming recommendations are expected to hinge on newly defined metrics to determine whether people in a particular geographical area are at high risk from the virus.

They will place less emphasis on case counts and give more weight to hospitalizations as a key measure of risk, according to a federal official who is familiar with the plans but was not authorized to speak about them.

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