Baltimore County To Require Masks In Public Buildings

TOWSON (WJZ) — All radical successful Baltimore County offices and facilities volition beryllium required to deterioration masks effectual Friday, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced Thursday.

“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,” Olszewski said successful a statement. “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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County officials said the caller rules align with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends that everyone, whether vaccinated oregon not, should deterioration masks indoors successful areas with important oregon precocious assemblage transmission. Baltimore County’s lawsuit complaint puts it successful the portion of what the CDC would telephone important transmission, oregon 50 to 99 cases per 100,000 residents.

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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 Branch. “We are moving to get the vaccine into the arms of each of our eligible residents. Until that is accomplished, wearing masks wrong region facilities volition spell a agelong mode toward decreasing the spread.”

More than 72% of region residents 12 and up person gotten astatine slightest 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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CBS Baltimore Staff