North Carolina requires face coverings statewide
4 years, 6 months ago

North Carolina requires face coverings statewide

Associated Press  

North Carolina’s governor announced Wednesday that people across the state must wear masks or other face coverings in public as he extended other business restrictions by three weeks amid a surge in cases of COVID-19. Roy Cooper issued an executive order requiring people to wear face coverings in public when it’s not possible to maintain physical distance. Violations of Cooper’s executive orders are generally punishable as a misdemeanor, but Wednesday’s order directs law enforcement to issue citations to businesses or organizations that fail to enforce mask requirements, not individuals. Wednesday’s executive order was criticized by Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, who noted that Cooper walked among demonstrators without a mask during a protest earlier this month against racial injustice outside the executive mansion.

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North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
7 months, 3 weeks ago

North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses. “It’s about time that the craziness is put, …

CDC requires face masks on airlines, public transportation
3 years, 11 months ago

CDC requires face masks on airlines, public transportation

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subways will be required to wear face masks starting next week to curb the spread of COVID-19. The rule “will protect Americans and provide confidence that we can once again travel safely even during this pandemic,” said Dr. Marty Cetron, director of CDC’s division of migration and quarantine, who …

Biden signs order requiring masks for travelers
3 years, 11 months ago

Biden signs order requiring masks for travelers

CNN  

CNN — Wearing a face mask will soon be federally mandated for interstate travelers in the United States, according to an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Nelson said the mandate would provide “much needed back up” for flight attendants and other aviation workers on the “front lines.” While major US airlines instituted their own mask requirements …

Californians must mask up outside their homes under new expanded mandate
4 years, 1 month ago

Californians must mask up outside their homes under new expanded mandate

LA Times  

Karen Alvarez and her 3-year-old daughter, Mercedez Gomez, wait in line at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX before their flight to Nicaragua on Monday. Faced with a startling spike in coronavirus cases, California health officials issued a new mandate this week requiring residents to wear face coverings whenever they’re outside their homes, with few exceptions. The expanded order …

US coronavirus: Some states keep smashing Covid-19 records
4 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: Some states keep smashing Covid-19 records

CNN  

CNN — For anyone still wondering whether this surge in new Covid-19 cases is real – or if it just looks that way due to increased testing – a Trump administration official put that question to rest Monday. “There is no question we are having a surge right now,” said Adm. Brett Giroir, the US assistant secretary of health who’s …

More Than 20 U.S. States Now Require Face Masks In Public
4 years, 5 months ago

More Than 20 U.S. States Now Require Face Masks In Public

NPR  

More Than 20 U.S. States Now Require Face Masks In Public Enlarge this image toggle caption David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 20 states have now issued orders requiring people to wear face masks in public as the rate of new coronavirus cases surges to record heights in parts of the United …

Wolf expands mask order, wants new restrictions to be local
4 years, 6 months ago

Wolf expands mask order, wants new restrictions to be local

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration moved Wednesday to expand its indoor mask order to public places outdoors where social-distancing is impossible, while he also said that he prefers to let Pennsylvania’s local governments handle further coronavirus restrictions, as opposed to the broad shutdown orders he imposed this spring. that when we say, ‘we wear masks,’ that’s one way …

Kansas governor mandates statewide use of masks
4 years, 6 months ago

Kansas governor mandates statewide use of masks

Associated Press  

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Kansas Gov. “We have now enough data to really prove that masks work and no masks don’t work,” Kelly said. “I think it is in everybody’s interest.” Kelly said the state has not seen clusters in places like barbershops, hair salons or dental offices where masks are worn, but has seen a significant increase in places …

Washington issues statewide facial covering requirement
4 years, 6 months ago

Washington issues statewide facial covering requirement

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Citing ongoing coronavirus-related health risks, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a statewide requirement for people to wear facial coverings in public settings. In addition to being covered by the statewide mandate on masks in public that prohibits people from entering a place of business — either indoors or outdoors — without first donning a mask, …

US Coronavirus: face masks deepen political divide
4 years, 6 months ago

US Coronavirus: face masks deepen political divide

Al Jazeera  

Shouting matches erupt in the halls of US Congress after leaders mandate that lawmakers cover their faces in public. For thousands of people gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday for President Donald Trump’s first political rally since the coronavirus pandemic erupted four months ago, a precaution as simple as wearing a face mask in public is not as simple as …

Gov. Northam orders mask use in stores, other public spaces
4 years, 7 months ago

Gov. Northam orders mask use in stores, other public spaces

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Northam said at a news conference Tuesday that he’s ordering masks be worn starting Friday inside all retail stores, while using public transportation, and in any other indoor places where people congregate. In practice, Northam’s mask order will be largely voluntary, as the governor said he’s not going to allow any criminal prosecutions of anyone found …

States that require face masks in public
4 years, 8 months ago

States that require face masks in public

CNN  

CNN — Masks and face coverings are recommended, but not required, for Americans who go out in public during the coronavirus pandemic. Employees and customers over age 9 must wear face coverings inside essential businesses, though adults accompanying young children should make an effort to get them to wear a mask if they’re in an essential business. New Jersey In …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New Yorkers must wear masks when unable to socially distance
4 years, 8 months ago

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New Yorkers must wear masks when unable to socially distance

CNN  

CNN — New York Gov. The decision was announced as Cuomo said that another 752 people died from coronavirus on Tuesday, a slight decrease from the previous day and further evidence that New York has reached a plateau in its outbreak. Hospitalizations – both the net change and the three-day average – as well as admissions to the intensive care …

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