Montgomery County To End Indoor Mask Mandate On Thursday

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ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Montgomery County volition extremity its indoor disguise mandate Thursday aft 7 days of lone “moderate” COVID-19 transmission, County Executive Marc Elrich said.

The region has the lowest lawsuit complaint successful the authorities astatine 6.4 cases per 100,000 residents and has met the CDC’s criteria for “moderate” transmission since past Thursday, Elrich said.

Montgomery County reported 67 caller cases, 3 hospitalizations and 1 decease connected Tuesday, helium said.

Businesses and organizations tin inactive acceptable their ain disguise guidelines.

“I privation to punctual radical that immoderate concern oregon entity that serves the nationalist tin inactive necessitate indoor masking if they wish, and they person the close to garbage introduction oregon work for deficiency of compliances,” Elrich said. “Businesses are besides escaped to necessitate vaccines for entry.”

Masking is inactive required connected buses and successful schools, Elrich said.

The region enforcement inactive urged residents to instrumentality the due precautions against COVID-19 adjacent aft the indoor disguise mandate expires.

“No substance what the wellness regulations say, particularly for those who are unvaccinated, you should inactive instrumentality the astir cautious way you can,” helium said. “Remember, though the disguise mandate is lifted, we’re inactive seeing much than 50 cases successful immoderate days.”

According to CDC data, 91% of Montgomery County residents property 12 and older are afloat vaccinated and 99.9% of radical successful that property scope person received astatine slightest 1 dose.

The region is preparing to vaccinate children ages 5-11 erstwhile they go eligible, and region wellness officials expect an archetypal organisation of 13,000 doses, Elrich said.

The region enforcement received a Moderna booster changeable connected Monday aft primitively receiving a single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. He said helium experienced a small limb soreness but nary different broadside effects.

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“I’m gladsome to person the other protection,” Elrich said. “I promote everyone who’s presently eligible to person a booster to delight spell retired and get one.”