As COVID-19 numbers climb, some Northeast Ohio schools bring back mask requirements

Masks are back in Bedford.

BEDFORD, Ohio — More than 26 months after COVID-19 began prompting safety precautions in Ohio, many pandemic health restrictions have been lifted. But as case numbers rise, some Northeast Ohio schools are once again rolling out extra protections.

She explained she had been asking her daughter to wear her mask at school until case numbers dropped significantly because she worried about passing the virus onto her nearly 4-year-old son. “We've been in favor of remaining masked and properly socially distanced just from a cautionary standpoint,” said Kevin Brennan, the communications director for the Board of Health. “The thing that we have concerns with still are people who are not vaccinated and the potential effects of that. When we look into that, one of the things that scare us is the impacts of long COVID.”

Cleveland Public Health echoed the sentiment, telling News 5 its guidance has remained consistent about vaccinations, masks, and social distancing.

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