Baltimore County Requiring Masks In County Offices

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County volition necessitate look coverings successful region offices and facilities effectual Friday.

The announcement was made successful airy of rising Covid cases arsenic a effect of the highly contagious Delta variant. On Thursday Maryland reported implicit 1,000 caller cases wrong 24 hours for the archetypal clip since April.

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“This commonsense measurement volition assistance bounds the dispersed of COVID-19 and support the wellness and information of our workforce and visitors to our buildings and facilities,” said Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski. “I convey our dedicated employees for helping america support each other, our loved ones, and our assemblage safe. We proceed to intimately show cardinal metrics and the proposal of technological experts and stay committed to taking immoderate steps are indispensable to support nationalist health.”

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Baltimore County is present wrong the CDC’s important transmission zone, (50-99 cases per 100,000 residents) officials said.

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“We indispensable usage each the tools successful our arsenal to decision this deadly virus,” said Baltimore County Health Officer Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch. “We are moving to get the vaccine into the arms of each of our eligible residents. Until that is accomplished, wearing masks wrong County facilities volition spell a agelong mode toward decreasing the spread.”

CBS Baltimore Staff