No one wants to see schools and businesses close again or hospital systems become too overwhelmed to serve, so the Salt Lake County mask order will be in place for at least the next 30 days.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says she didn’t want to delay having this mask order go into effect, and that’s why she called on the county and the health department to step in, and that request was granted just hours ago.
The return of the mandate follows an alarming surge of omicron, and residents responded to being asked to mask up once again. Mayor Mendenhall decided to reach out to both the health department and the County Council because just issuing a city-wide order would not be enough. With three days straight of record-breaking COVID-19 cases reported across Utah, hospitals and healthcare workers are trying to keep things from falling apart.
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