COVID-19: CDC extends coronavirus travel mask mandate to May 3

Masks will be required for two weeks longer than initially planned, sources have told The Associated Press.

The extension is now set to run until May 3.

It was scheduled to expire on April 18, the AP reported.

The decision was made to monitor an uptick in the BA.2 omicron subvariant cases in the country.

It will be a two-week extension to see if there are any observable increases in severe virus outcomes and the decision was made out of an abundance of caution, a source told the AP.

The Transportation Security Administration enforces the rule on planes, buses, trains and transit hubs, the AP reported.