The rule requiring Victorian workers to wear masks in the office is being reviewed by health officials this week in a move expected to lure staff back. As the state marked its fifth day running of zero local cases, acting chief health officer Daniel O’Brien revealed authorities were considering changes to the mask rule. Associate… Read More »
Michigan will lift its primary COVID-19 restrictions by July 1, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday. Outdoor capacity limits will be lifted June 1, when indoor capacity limits will also be raised to 50%. Indoor capacity limits and the state’s broad mask mandate will be fully lifted July 1 for those who received the vaccine unless… Read More »
Kansas lawmakers voted to rescind Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate within hours of the governor issuing the executive order. “Public health mandates should be short-term, data-driven, and reserved only for pressing emergency situations. They should not be used to dictate Kansans’ daily lives year after year,” Speaker of the Kansas House Ron Ryckman and Kansas… Read More »
President Joe Biden’s pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states. Biden and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a day earlier that this… Read More »