The St. Louis area is bringing back a mask mandate for all as the number of Covid-19 cases in Missouri continue to rise amid a more-transmissible variant, officials said.
Both the city and county of St. Louis will require masks to be worn by the vaccinated and unvaccinated alike in indoor public places starting Monday, the mayor's office said. It is at least the second large county in the U.S. to return to a blanket mask requirement as the delta variant drives increased cases all over the country.an indoor mask requirement.
"We’ve lost more than 500 St. Louisans to COVID-19, and if our region doesn’t work together to protect one another, we could see spikes that overwhelm our hospital and public health systems," city health department acting director Dr. Fredrick Echols said in aSt. Louis County is the most populous county in Missouri. The city and county enacted a mask mandate in July 2020 that
in May after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccinated people could stop wearing masks in many settings.on what officials called a sharp increase in cases, saying new daily cases were up by more than 30 percent from the week before., and Gov. Mike Parson this week directed "ambulance strike teams" to Springfield to support the health care system.accounts for 83 percentOur goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions.
This won't stop til the next election, buckle up!
I don't know about the Kansas side, but I do know the Missouri side owns this bullshit.
genesimmons That's good I think they took the mask away to soon.
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