U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

(220112) -- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man wearing a face mask is seen in a shopping center in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, Jan. 11, 2022. New Orleans, the largest city of southern U.S. state of Louisiana, will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday as the city's COVID-19 positivity rate is over 30 percent, New Orleans Health Director Jennifer Avegno said on Tuesday. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

(220112) -- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man wearing a face mask is seen in a shopping center in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, Jan. 11, 2022. New Orleans, the largest city of southern U.S. state of Louisiana, will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday as the city's COVID-19 positivity rate is over 30 percent, New Orleans Health Director Jennifer Avegno said on Tuesday. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

(220112) -- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman wearing a face mask is seen in a shopping center in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, Jan. 11, 2022. New Orleans, the largest city of southern U.S. state of Louisiana, will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday as the city's COVID-19 positivity rate is over 30 percent, New Orleans Health Director Jennifer Avegno said on Tuesday. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

(220112) -- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Signs announcing the indoor mask mandate are seen in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, Jan. 11, 2022. New Orleans, the largest city of southern U.S. state of Louisiana, will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday as the city's COVID-19 positivity rate is over 30 percent, New Orleans Health Director Jennifer Avegno said on Tuesday. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

U.S.-NEW ORLEANS-COVID-19-MASK-MANDATE-REINSTATEMENT

(220112) -- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman wearing a face mask waits in line outside a store in a shopping center in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, Jan. 11, 2022. New Orleans, the largest city of southern U.S. state of Louisiana, will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday as the city's COVID-19 positivity rate is over 30 percent, New Orleans Health Director Jennifer Avegno said on Tuesday. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinhua)