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California to keep mask mandate in schools as indoor mandate ends
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By Sarah Moon, CNN Just one day before California is set to relax a statewide mask mandate for vaccinated people in indoor public spaces, the state’s top health official announced that masks will still be required in schools.
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California to end mask mandate for the vaccinated next week
Headline from The Hill ·
Calif. school mask rules to remain in effect after mandate expires
Headline from Legitgov ·
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California to keep mask mandate in schools as indoor mandate ends
California's indoor masking requirement will end next week for vaccinated people but masks still are the rule for schoolchildren. However, local health officials can continue their own requirements.
Vaccinated Californians will no longer have to wear masks in most indoor settings next week as the omicron surge recedes, but students and staff at K-12 schools will still be required to mask up, health officials announced.
Citing a 65% drop in Covid-19 cases since the peak of the Omicron surge, California will end its statewide indoor mask mandate for vaccinated individuals next week, nearly two years after it was first implemented, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday.
(HealthDay)—Vaccinated people in California will no longer have to wear masks indoors as of Feb. 15, but schoolchildren will still have to wear masks, state health officials announced Monday.
(The Center Square) – California’s statewide indoor mask mandate will expire next week, allowing many vaccinated Californians to remove their masks in indoor public spaces, officials announced Monday.
California announced Monday it will end its indoor masking requirement for vaccinated people after Feb. 15, however, masks are still required for kids in school state officials said. But could the mask mandate within California schools change in the near future? Currently, California requires all K-…
Oakland County will lift its requirement for mask-wearing in schools and daycares on Feb. 28, the county's health department said Friday — despite the fact...
While masking requirements for K-12 schools in California will not change with the lifting of the state's mask mandate on Tuesday, state health officials said that they will reassess school masking requirements in two weeks.
State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly says the state will NOT immediately drop its mask-wearing requirement in schools. However, he says the state will do a reassessment on Feb. 28 of COVID-19 case rates and other pandemic metrics.
By Sarah Moon, CNN Just one day before California is set to relax a statewide mask mandate for vaccinated people in indoor public spaces, the state’s top health official announced that masks will still be required in schools.
California Health & Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly provided an update on COVID-19 in the state and the future of the masks in schools. California's mask mandate is set to expire at the end of the day on Tuesday.
In a surprise announcement, California's health officials announced Monday that school mask mandates would stay despite the removal by many other states.
California is allowing people vaccinated against COVID to take off their masks indoors on Tuesday at midnight, but that change doesn't apply to all indoor settings.
