[ad_1] Despite a statewide mandate for universal indoor masking, photos captured Governor Gavin Newsom and other officials not wearing masks while indoors at SoFi Stadium on Sunday.The governor was attending the NFC Championship game where the San Francisco 49ers lost to the Los Angeles Rams.At one point during the game, Magic Johnson posed for a […]
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[ad_1] Laura Schwarz Schwarz is the parent of two elementary school children in Lake Oswego public schools. Since returning to in-person instruction last year, Oregon’s students have been required to wear masks at school, indoors and outside, and all day long, except for a hurried lunch. After all we have learned about the coronavirus, Oregon […]
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[ad_1] A group of parents have sued Chippewa Valley Schools over its mask mandate for students. The legal action was filed Tuesday in Macomb County Circuit Court by parents who are part of the Macomb County chapter of Moms for Liberty. The legal action seeks an immediate injunction to halt the mask mandate, which was […]
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[ad_1] Another 13 people in Queensland have died from COVID and 8,580 new cases have been recorded, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. There are now 745 people in hospital with the virus and 41 of those patients are in intensive care units. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 13 New cases: 8,580 Queensland’s vaccine rollout (percentage of those aged 16+): First dose: 92 per cent […]
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[ad_1] Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said New York would extend the indoor mask mandate for businesses through Feb. 10 amid a court challenge to the measure. The announcement came after a state Supreme Court judge struck down the mask mandate on Monday, prompting the state Attorney General’s Office to file a notice of appeal. An appeals […]
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[ad_1] San Francisco updated its COVID-19 Health Order Thursday to exempt boosted individuals from its indoor mask mandate. Office workers, gym members and individuals in other “stable cohorts” will not be required to wear masks indoors if they are “up to date” on their COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a rule that will be officially adopted […]
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[ad_1] The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) was expected to file permanent rules Friday that keeps in place requirements for masking indoors in K-12 schools, and requirements for school and school-based program staff to be vaccinated. State health officials emphasized that the rule filing will maintain masking protections during the current Omicron surge. State officials are […]
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[ad_1] The number of people with COVID-19 in Northern Territory hospitals has reached a new peak of 111, as the Territory recorded 828 new cases of coronavirus overnight. Of those in hospital, 10 patients are receiving oxygen and five are in intensive care, Health Minister Natasha Fyles said. Of the new cases, 648 were recorded from rapid antigen tests […]
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[ad_1] ALBANY — The state’s mask-or-vaccine requirement for indoor businesses, which had been set to expire on Tuesday, was extended to Feb. 10 by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday. The governor contends the directive will have no bearing on the state’s continuing requirement for masks to be worn in schools. She said that mandate, although […]
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[ad_1] Springfield school administrators asked for a temporary mask mandate but a majority of the school board said no. The board voted 4-3 Friday to reject a proposed public health order to temporarily reinstate a mask mandate for students, employees and visitors through Feb. 18. Board president Alina Lehnert, board vice president Denise Fredrick, and […]
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