Governor Kay Ivey issued her twenty-sixth supplemental emergency proclamation transitioning the state from an amended Safer at Home Order to a new Safer Apart Order, the third phase of COVID-19 pandemic health orders. Masks will no longer be mandated statewide, but individuals are strongly encouraged to wear a mask or other facial covering when in public and in close contact with other people. This order will end Monday, May 31, 2021, and the state of emergency will end Tuesday, July 6, 2021

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CDC guidance states that fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart. CDC guidance also says that fully vaccinated people can visit with unvaccinated people from other households indoors without wearing masks or staying 6 feet apart provided that everyone in the other household is at low risk for severe disease.
Persons receiving the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving their second dose. Persons receiving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving one dose. For more information, visit considerations for wearing masks.