Children under the age of 2 and those who are unable to wear a mask due to a disability are exempt from the order which takes effect on Monday at 23:59.
The CDC’s new rule goes beyond an executive order signed by President Joe Biden last week, which requires face masks to be worn on federal properties and during interstate travel.
The CDC said that although it “reserves the right” to enforce the order through criminal fines, it will rely on an honors system applied by passengers.
Airline, which largely enforced self-imposed mask regulations before Biden’s order and the new CDC rule, had earlier asked the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a federal mask mandate, but the agency refused and noted that it was not a public agency. health is not.
As of Saturday morning, the U.S. has overcome 25,000,000 cases and 436,000 deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic.