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2 years of basically work-at-home lifted..companies asking their workforces to come back in.
www.masslive.com
Boston officials will lift the city’s COVID-19 public health emergency on April 1, an order put in place just shy of two years ago.
The city had already rescinded an indoor mask mandate that covered gyms, bars and restaurants, museums, entertainment venues and some other public spaces. Masks remain required in the Boston Public Schools.
The decision to drop the public health emergency, supported by Mayor Michelle Wu, was approved by the Boston Public Health Commission at a Wednesday night meeting.
“Thank you for doing your part to get vaccinated, mask up and protect others,” Wu said. “We’ll continue following the science as we navigate our pandemic recovery.”
The public health emergency announced by then-Mayor Marty Walsh on March 15, 2020, came the same day Gov. Charlie Baker closed Massachusetts K-12 schools and banned in-person dining for an initial period of three weeks. The declaration by Boston officials allowed the city to request additional resources from the state and federal governments to fight the burgeoning COVID pandemic.
While a mask mandate still exists in Boston schools, it could be lifted in the coming weeks. Public health officials recommended removing the restriction when the city’s daily average of new COVID cases reach 10 per 100,000 residents [population 684,000], the Boston Globe reported. The city currently has 13 cases per 100,000 residents. The choice of whether to drop the mask requirement falls to Superintendent Brenda Cassellius.
In Worcester this week, the city’s board of health voted to lift the city’s school mask mandate immediately.
Boston ends public health emergency first declared in March 2020
The decision opened the door for the school mask mandate to be lifted in the coming weeks.
Boston officials will lift the city’s COVID-19 public health emergency on April 1, an order put in place just shy of two years ago.
The city had already rescinded an indoor mask mandate that covered gyms, bars and restaurants, museums, entertainment venues and some other public spaces. Masks remain required in the Boston Public Schools.
The decision to drop the public health emergency, supported by Mayor Michelle Wu, was approved by the Boston Public Health Commission at a Wednesday night meeting.
“Thank you for doing your part to get vaccinated, mask up and protect others,” Wu said. “We’ll continue following the science as we navigate our pandemic recovery.”
The public health emergency announced by then-Mayor Marty Walsh on March 15, 2020, came the same day Gov. Charlie Baker closed Massachusetts K-12 schools and banned in-person dining for an initial period of three weeks. The declaration by Boston officials allowed the city to request additional resources from the state and federal governments to fight the burgeoning COVID pandemic.
While a mask mandate still exists in Boston schools, it could be lifted in the coming weeks. Public health officials recommended removing the restriction when the city’s daily average of new COVID cases reach 10 per 100,000 residents [population 684,000], the Boston Globe reported. The city currently has 13 cases per 100,000 residents. The choice of whether to drop the mask requirement falls to Superintendent Brenda Cassellius.
In Worcester this week, the city’s board of health voted to lift the city’s school mask mandate immediately.
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