INTERIM UPDATE ON DOD MASK GUIDANCE

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SUBJ/INTERIM UPDATE ON DOD MASK GUIDANCE//

REF/A/DEPSECDEF MEMO/13MAY21//

REF/B/NAVADMIN/102035ZMAR2021//

NARR/REF A IS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEMORANDUM  UPDATED MASK GUIDANCE 
FOR VACCINATED PERSONS.  REF B IS NAVADMIN 059/21, GUIDANCE ON MASK WEAR AND 
OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

RMKS/1.  In accordance with reference (a), mask wear for fully immunized 
personnel (two weeks beyond final dose) is no longer required indoors or 
outdoors at DoD facilities.  Immunized personnel should continue to comply 
with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance regarding areas 
where masks should be worn.

2.  This guidance applies only to fully immunized personnel.  Unimmunized 
personnel will continue to comply with the provisions of reference (b).

3.  Commanders and supervisors should not ask about an employee's vaccination 
status.

4.  The best available medical and scientific data on risk to mission and 
current CDC guidance are available at:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.

5.  OPNAV N3/N5 POC:  CAPT Craig Mattingly, craig.mattingly@navy.mil.

6.  Released by VADM P. G. Sawyer, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Operations, Plans and Strategy, OPNAV N3/N5.//

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