Baltimore Indoor Mask Mandate Goes Into Effect Monday Morning

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City’s indoor wide mandate returned Monday greeting astatine 9 a.m. Mayor Brandon Scott reinstated the mandate Thursday amid a accelerated emergence successful Covid cases owed to the highly contagious Delta variant.

Governor Larry Hogan said Thursday that little than 0.01% of vaccinated Marylanders person been hospitalized with COVID-19, and little than 0.001% of vaccinated Marylanders person died from the virus.

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“For anyone who is frustrated astir wearing a mask—and you’re unvaccinated—then look successful the mirror. It’s your responsibility that we’re going backmost to having an indoor disguise mandate,” Mayor Scott said Friday. “If you’re not vaccinated, unopen up. Don’t complain.“

The politician said radical request to support themselves and those astir them and noted that adjacent the vaccinated tin dispersed the Delta variant.

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New COVID-19 infections successful Baltimore City are up 749% successful conscionable 1 month, but deaths stay down.

The mandate applies to everyone careless of vaccination status, Maryland courts volition besides commencement requiring masks astatine each times starting Monday.

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Governor Larry Hogan said reinstating a statewide disguise mandate is not connected the array astatine this time, but helium supports section jurisdictions to marque decisions of their own.

CBS Baltimore Staff